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Bob wrote: I have a wonderful friend who is a Bear named Oso and this tune is for him because he likes it. Barry Nielson likes it too, and so its for him, too, with love from Mac. Jose Luis Ruiz <jruiz:mdr.indra-espacio.es> says that there's a well-known Spanish tune that is a jig-time version of this.

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Reel One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement minor E 2/2 Has notes text Has chords explore more...

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X:1
T: the Dancing Bear
C: Bob McQuillen  2/22/78
N: Bob wrote:
N: I have a wonderful friend who is a Bear named Oso and this tune is for him because he
N: likes it. Barry Nielson likes it too, and so its for him, too, with love from Mac.
N:
N: Jose Luis Ruiz <jruiz:mdr.indra-espacio.es> says that there's a well-known Spanish
N: tune that is a jig-time version of this.
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> 2000
R: reel
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: Em
|: "Em"EFGF EFGF | EFGA G2E2 |  "A"EFGF EFGF |     EFGA G2E2 \
   "Em"EFGF EFGF | EFGA B4   | "B7"B2Bc BAGF | "Em"G2E2 E4  :|
|: "Em"e2ef gfef | gfe2 e4   |  "A"e2ef gfef |     gfe2 e4   \
"Em(C)"e2ef gfef | gfe2 e2dc | "B7"B2Bc BcBA | "Em"GFE2 E4  :|

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