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All a Mode de France

Found in Playford.abc from the John Chambers abc collection
All a Mode de France - staff notation
X:245
T:All a Mode de France
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:110
N:Very similar to "Nonesuch"
H:The title was derived from a ballad probably written in 1642-3 while
H:the Queen was in Holland raising money and troops to support Charles I.
H: Called "The French Report", it is set in the conventionalized
H:"foreigner's accent".
W:Me have of late been in England
W:Vere me have seen much sport
W:De
W:raising of de Parliament
W:Have quite pull'd down de Court
W:De King
W:and Queen dey seperate
W:And rule in ignorance
W:Pray judge ye
W:Gentlemen, if dis
W:Be a la mode de France
K:DMix
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