The Female Saylor

X: 372
T:The Female Saylor
C:Marin Marais
M:6/8
K:Gm
Z:AW
|:"Gm"G2dd2c|B3c3|d2cB2A|"D7"B2AG2^F| 
"Gm"G2dd2c|"Cm"B3c3|"D7"d2cB2A|"Gm"G6:|
|:"Gm"b2ag2^f|g3d3|"Eb"b2ag2^f|g3d2=f| 
"Cm"e2c"D"d2A|"Gm"B2GB2c|1"D7"d3=e2^f|g3a3:|2"D7"d3A2[BG]|"Gm"G6|]
W:The tune "Female Saylor" was composed as "Marche pour les Matelots" 
W:(March for the Sailors) by Marin Marais for his opera Alcione (1706), 
W:and quickly became a popular dance tune.  The words to the carol 
W:"Masters in This Hall", set to this tune, were written much later, 
W:around 1860, by William Morris. 

Alternative sources for this tune:

• spuds.thursdaycontra.com/sets/archive/2014-12-18SPUDsRegular/0049

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