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The Old Woman Tossed Up
Found in woman-who-tossed.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection

X:1050 T:The Old Woman Tossed Up C:anon. O:England A:Bucknell B:Lionel Bacon:A Handbook of Morris Dances, 2nd ed. (1986) p. 120 N:Butterworth (MSS); [1/2]A.(AB3)4 Z:Transcribed by David Barnert F:http://abc.musicaviva.com/tunes/england/woman-who-tossed/woman-who-tossed.abc %Posted June 15th 2000 at abcusers by David Barnert as an example of %"tunes that have clear key signatures (as expressed in sharps & %flats) but elusive tonics (and, therefore, modes)" % Here is what David says about the tune: %The second is another Morris dance from Bacon, "The Old Woman Tossed %Up" (Bucknell), which is either in C major or F lydian. I generally %play this one on the pipe & tabor to avoid having to choose chords %for it. M:6/8 K:C % or Flyd P:A C2C C>AA|AGF EGC|FEF G3|A>CC C3:| P:B ccc Gcc|Gcc cBA|GGG G2G|GAF EFG| C2C C>AA|AGF EGC|FEF G3|A>CC C3|] W: W: W: From Musica Viva - http://www.musicaviva.com W: the Internet center for free sheet music downloads.
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