Mermaid

X: 1
T: Mermaid
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: jig
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.108 #155 (215)
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containind Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.105
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Illegible words on left edge deciphered using http://deriv.nls.uk/dcn30/8975/89752483.30.jpg
N: The dance descriptions in DMDfD and CCDM1 are identical except for minor spelling and punctuation differences.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
K: G
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G/A/ |\
B>cd e>dc | BG2- G2A/B/ | c2E E>FG | F3- F2F/G/ |\
A>Bc B>cd | eE2 E>FG | F>GA A>GF | G3- G2 |]
F/G/ |\
A2B AFG | A2A A>Bc | dBe e2^d | e3 g3 |\
dBG E>FG | AD2- D>dB | eA/B/c A2G | G3- G2 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/alltunes/0956

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