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Oxford Waits

Found in WrightsVol1.abc from the David Jacobs abc collection
Oxford Waits - staff notation
X: 171
T: Oxford Waits
F: http://www.vwml.org/record/Wrights/3753/p86
%R: reel
B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.86
S: http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/dancebooks.cgi
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: G
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GABc |\
d2G2 d2g2 | f2g2 d2cB | A2d2 c2B2 | A2G2 ded2 |\
d2g2 ded2 | d2a2 ded2 |
d2ba gfed | cBA2 aba2 |\
a2d2 A2^c2 | d2D2 :|\
defg |\
a2d2 f2ed | g2G2 GABc | d2gf edcB | A2D2 GA B2 |
E2e2 cBA2 | F2f2 Bcd2 | G2g2 A2a2 | B2b2 GABc |\
d2d2 d2b2 | f2g2 dcde | d2cB A4 | G4 |]
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T: Blue Joak
T: Longways for &c.
%R: jig
B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.86
S: http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/dancebooks.cgi
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat; fixed to match the dance.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
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|:\
G2A BAG | d2=f A3 | efg d2c | ABG FED |\
G2A BAG | d2=f A3 | efg d2c | BcA G3 ::\
A2B cBA | e2d ^c3 |
d2e =fed | faA d3 |\
efg d2g | c2g B3 | Bcd G2d | F2d D3 |\
efg d2c | BcA G3 | efg d2c | BcA G3 :|
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