Saw Ye Not My Meggy. HA.181

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Notes

Tune clearly 3/2, re-barred accordingly . Key probably Gdorian.NBr cf The Boarding School,(Play) by Charles Coffey (as ..Peggy), 1733.Also Margaret Sinkler Ms,1710 (as ..Peggy). But not recognisable as the same tune.CGP

Source

Henry Atkinson's original MS,Hartburn,N'umberland,1694.

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X: 182
T:Saw Ye Not My Meggy. HA.181
M:3/2
L:1/8
Q:1/4=350
S:Henry Atkinson's original MS,Hartburn,N'umberland,1694.
O:England
A:Hartburn,Northumberland
N:Tune clearly 3/2, re-barred accordingly . Key probably Gdorian.NBr
N:cf The Boarding School,(Play) by Charles Coffey (as ..Peggy), 1733.Also
N:Margaret
N:Sinkler Ms,1710 (as ..Peggy). But not recognisable as the same tune.CGP
H:1/8
Z:vmp.Neil Brookes, Jan.2004
K:F
"Barred 4/4 in MS"d2g2 g3"*"f d2B2|d2f2 gfed cdec|\
d2g2 g3"*"f d2B2| cBcd fedc g2g2:|!
|:B3c d2g2 fdcB| cBcd fdcB g2G2|B3c d2g2 fdcB| cBcd fdcB G2G2 :|]
W:notes marked "*" have an acute accent over them-stress|

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