THE PARSON'S CAP

X: 8
T: THE PARSON'S CAP
R: march
M: C|
L: 1/8
Z: 2011 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: Thomas Bray's Country Dances 1699 p.20
P: AA B ad lib.
Q: 1/2=92 "jaunty"
K: Bb
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% V:1 arranged to give fewer, longer staff lines.
V: 1
"A"[|] f2 | d2B2 F2A2 |\
B6 ",  "f2 | g2f2 gab2 | a6 ",  "g2 |\
f2d2 e2f2 | g2e2 c2g2 |\
_a2gf =efge | f6 "B":|
f2 |\
g2f2 g2a2 | b2d2 d2d2 |\
g3a b2ag | ^f6 ",  "=ef |\
g2d2 d2cd | e2c2 c2Bc |\
d2cB ABAG | G6 ",  "G2 |
A3B ABcd | c2F2 F2F2 |\
B3c d2cB | f6 ",  "ga |\
b2d2 g2c2 | f2B2 A2f2 |\
d2cB F2A2 | B6 |]
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V: 2
F2 | B2F2 D2C2 | B,6 B,2 | B,6 E2 | F2C2 A,2C2 |
F4 E2D2 | C4 _A,2B,2 | C2_D2 C2B,2 | =A,2C2 C2 :| A2 |
B6 A2 | G2B2 B2D2 | C6 E2 | D2=E2 ^F2A2 |
G6 A2 | B2AG ^F4 | G6 ^F2 | G2D2 B,2B,2 |
C2F2 F2G2 | A2F2 C2A,2 | B,2F2 B2AG | F2G2 A2Bc |
B4 B2A2 | B2G2 F2F2 | F2G2 F2E2 | D2F2 B2 |]
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V: 3 clef=bass middle=d
z2 | "Bb"B6 "F"f2 | "Bb"d2B2 F2D2 | "Eb"E2D2 EFG2 | "F"F4 f2e2 |
"Bb"d2B2 c2d2 | "Eb"e2g2 "Ab"_a2g2 | "Fm"f2B2 "C"c2C2 | "F"F6 :| "F"f2 |
"Eb"e2d2 e2f2 | "Gm"g4 "Dm"f4 | "Cm"e2d2 c4 | "D"d4 d'2c'2 |
"Gm"b6 a2 | "Eb"g4 "D"a2A2 | "Gm"B2c2 "D"d2D2 | "Gm"G4 g4 |
"F"f4 F4 | "F"f6 e2 | "Bb"d2c2 B3c | "Bb"d2cB "F"f2e2 |
"Bb"d4 "Cm"e4 | "Bb"d2"Eb"e2 "F"f2A2 | "Bb"B2"Cm"e2 "F"f2F2 | "Bb"B6 |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ThomasBraysCountryDances1699/08_TheParsonsCap/0000