Piss on the Green

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Nancy Dawson is the tune now used for our children's song "Here we go 'round the Mulberry Bush". The real Nancy Dawson, for whom the song was written, was a popular stage dancer in 18th Century England. A biography of Nancy Dawson was published in 1760. She died in 1767 and was buried in the Chapel of St. George the Martyr, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, where her tombstone says N: only, "Here lies Nancy Dawson". This well-known dance tune appeared in performances of John Gay's ballad opera The Beggar's Opera (1729)

Source

George Spencer m/s, Leeds,1831

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X: 1
T:Nancy Dawson
T:Piss on the Green
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:155
S:George Spencer m/s, Leeds,1831
R:Jig
O:Traditional - England
A:Leeds
N: Nancy Dawson is the tune now used for our children's  song "Here we
N: go 'round the Mulberry Bush".  The real Nancy Dawson, for whom the
N: song was written, was a popular stage dancer in 18th Century England.
N: A biography of Nancy Dawson was published in 1760. She died in 1767
N: and was buried in the Chapel of St. George the Martyr, Queen Square,
N: Bloomsbury, where her tombstone says N: only, "Here lies Nancy
N: Dawson". This well-known dance tune appeared in performances of
N: John Gay's ballad opera The Beggar's Opera (1729)
K: C
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K:G Major
G2GG2B | d2BG2B | A2BA2B | A2G FED | G2GG2B | d2BG2B | A2GF2E | D3"cr"D3 |]
P:Chorus
[| A2BA2B | A2G FED | B2cd2e | d2g (dBG) | c2Bc2d | e2f (gfe) | dcB AGF | G3"cr"G3
|]
W: VERSE:
W: Of all the girls in our town
W: The black , the fair , the red, the brown
W: That dance and prance it up and down,
W: There's none like Nancy Dawson
W: CHORUS:
W: Her easy mien, her shape so neat
W: She foots, she trips, she looks so sweet
W: Her every motion's so complete
W: I die for Nancy Dawson

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