Adderbury Folk Tunes

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Adderbury Sweet Jenny Jones

A(AB)6
= 120
A

3
4
B

10

15

20

My sweet Jenny Jones is the pride of Llangollen,


My sweet Jenny Jones is the girl I love best.

Adderbury Constant Billy


A(AB)6
A

6
8
B
5

3
10

Oh! my Billy, my constant Billy, When shall I see my Billy again?


Billy again! Billy again! Billy again! Billy again!
Oh! my Billy, my constant Billy, When shall I see my Billy again?

Adderbury Lads a Bunchum


A(AB)6
A

2
2
B

10

Oh dear mother, what a fool I be!


Here are six young fellows come a-courting me.
Three are blind and the others cant see.
Oh dear mother, what a fool I be!

Adderbury Beaux of London City


A(AB)6
A

9
8

Adderbury Blue Bells of Scotland


A(AB)6
A

4
4
B

10

Oh where and Oh where has my Highland lassie gone? (etc)


W. Chappell Popular Music of the Olden Time
Oh! where, and oh! where is your Highland laddie gone?
Oh! where, and oh! where is your Highland laddie gone?
Hes gone to fight the French for King George up-on the throne
And its oh! in my heart, how I wish him safe at home!

Adderbury Washing Day


A(AB)6
A

6
8
5

10

15

Thump! Thump! Scrub! Scrub!, Scrub, scrub away!


The devil a bit of peace I git upon the washing day!

Adderbury Brighton Camp


A(AB)6
A

10

3
8

4
4

15

Oh! let the night be ever so dark or ever so wet and windy,
I must return to the Brighton camp, to the girl I left behind me.

Adderbury Happy Man


A(AB)6
A

3
4
5

10

15

Adderbury Postmans Knock


B(AB)2B2
= 100
A

6
8
5

10

15

20

25

Every morning
Someone hears
Every morning
Someone hears

as true as the clock


the postmans knock,
as true as the clock
the postmans knock,

Adderbury Roast Beef of Old England


A(AB)6
= 100
A

6
8
B

10

Oh! the roast beef of old England, and oh! for old Englands roast beef.
Oh! the roast beef of old England, and oh! for old Englands roast beef.

Adderbury Flowing Bowl


A(AB)6
A

4
4
B

10

Usual words.

Sing chorus then repeat it with stick-tapping

Adderbury Haste to the Wedding (Rory OMore)


A(AB)6
A

6
8
5

10

15

Adderbury Black Joke


A(AB)6
A

6
8
5

10

15

Adderbury Princess Royal


A(AB2)4
A

4
4
5

10

15

20

Adderbury Buffoon
A(AB)5A
A

2
2
5

10

15

Shepherds Hey, Adderbury (RKS)


A(AB)6A
A

4
4
1

Shepherds Hey (hay?), clover too, Rye-grass seeds and turnips too

Adderbury Jockey to the Fair


A(AB)3
A

6
8
5

15

20

10

Shepherds Hey, Adderbury (CJS)


A(AB)6A
A

4
4
B

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