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Take 6 Transcription Programme: The Butterworth Archive, MS 7e

2026-06-02T17:26:43Z

Simon Furey:

Link to [[Take 6 Transcription Programme]] Home Page

'''To view the original manuscript, follow the link provided in the related .abc file below. '''

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'''Editors' note:'''
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'''GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief'''

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'''GB/7e/2 General Wolfe'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/2'' The singer, "Jack Dade, Pulham Union," has also given us the lyrics for this version of General Wolfe. See the image file for GB/4/56 posted at the EFDSS's VWML website.

'''GB/7e/3 Trot Away'''

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'''GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter'''

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'''GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak'''

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'''GB/7e/6 Harvest Song'''

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'''GB/7e/7 Molecatcher'''

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'''GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isle'''

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'''GB/7e/9 John Reilly'''

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'''GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester'''

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'''GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman'''

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'''GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style'''

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[[File:GB-7e-12.pdf]]

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''Notes on GB/7e/11'' The Dolly Varden style refers to a fashionable female clothing style, and specifically to ladies' hats. There are 
at least 2 broadsides, one called 'The Dolly Varden Hats' and the other 'The Dolly Varden Hat.' The latter was printed by Glasgow Poet's Box 
and can be dated at 1873. The first line is 'Come, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine' and it goes to the much used tune of 'The Knickerbocker 
Line,' of which this tune appears to be a variant. 'The Knickerbocker Line' tune gave rise to a whole series of songs, many of which, such as 
'The Cruise of the Bigler' and 'The Dogger Bank,' went into oral tradition; there are also similarities with the tune used by Ewan McColl for his 
"Second Front Song." The chorus of the Glasgow Poet's Box version contains the words: 'Watch her, twig her, she's a proper jubaju.' A version with 
variations is posted at the National Library of Scotland:[http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74892412&mode=transcription]

Here is the first verse and chorus, which fit the tune of GB/7e/11 well: 
 
THE DOLLY VARDEN HATS. 
 
COME, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine, 
And wear a hat and feathers in the fashionable line. 
Lovers you'll have plenty, of that you may depend, 
If you wear the Dolly Varden hat, and do the Grecian Bend. 
 
(Chorus.) 
 
Come, dear, don't fear, have your ringlets curled, 
If you're out of fashion, you had better leave the world, 
Your sweet and pretty faces will wear a winning smile, 
If you get a hat and feather in the Dolly Varden style. 

'''GB/7e/13 Horse Race'''

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'''GB/7e/14 Jockey'''

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'''GB/7e/15 [As Robin Was Driving His Wagon Along]'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/15'' This is difficult to decipher. Bar 2 is ambiguous. It looks like Butterworth originally wrote three crotchets G,E,E and then decided that he had left out an initial crotchet, B (hence the cramped appearance in the MS). If this is the case, then the bar would be in 4/4 time. Butterworth also notes a variation (in fainter writing) in which the first two crotchets, B and G, are quavers, thus (and as transcribed here) restoring the 3/4 time. At bar 15 there is another variant: A or E between the two G crotchets. At bar 18, the fermata is clearly, if strangely, placed over the rest. The lyrics are incomplete and garbled. 

'''GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/16'' The machine in the title is probably for "sewing" and not "sowing." There is no known song about a 'sowing machine,' which would most likely have been referred to as a 'seed drill.' Broadside songs entitled "Sewing Machine" were printed by Glasgow Poet's Box, Disley of London and Pearson of Manchester. There is also a version in Healy's Old Irish Street Ballads, Vol 1. p. 261, which fits the tune well. Here is a sample verse: 
 
I chanced to fall in one day with a bewitching maid 
Her beauty put all other girls entirely in the shade 
With her rosy cheeks and eyes so black she looked just like a queen. 
From 9 till 6 just like a brick she works a sewing machine. 
(Chorus) 
She stole away my heart and I wish I'd never seen, 
The female fair with curly hair that worked the sewing machine. 

'''GB/7e/18 Team-Boy'''

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'''GB/7e/19 Barley Mow'''

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'''GB/7e/20 Old King Cole'''

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'''GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven'''

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Take 6 Transcription Programme: The Butterworth Archive, MS 7e

2026-06-02T17:25:08Z

Simon Furey:

Link to [[Take 6 Transcription Programme]] Home Page

'''To view the original manuscript, follow the link provided in the related .abc file below. '''

'''For the .abc files, click on the desired .abc item. In the next window that appears, left-click the file name to display the ABC code. Right-click and select "Save link as..." to download the file.'''

'''Editors' note:'''
''Many of the MSS in this group are deficient in information, which has therefore been supplemented with the results of Katie Howson's research. Her work is hereby acknowledged with our grateful thanks. The individual .abc files contain the appropriate on-line references.''

'''GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief'''

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[[File:GB-7e-1.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/2 General Wolfe'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/2'' The singer, "Jack Dade, Pulham Union," has also given us the lyrics for this version of General Wolfe. See the image file for GB/4/56 posted at the EFDSS's VWML website.

'''GB/7e/3 Trot Away'''

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'''GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter'''

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'''GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak'''

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'''GB/7e/6 Harvest Song'''

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'''GB/7e/7 Molecatcher'''

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'''GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isle'''

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'''GB/7e/9 John Reilly'''

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'''GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester'''

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'''GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman'''

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'''GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style'''

[[File:GB-7e-12.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/11'' The Dolly Varden style refers to a fashionable female clothing style, and specifically to ladies' hats. There are 
at least 2 broadsides, one called 'The Dolly Varden Hats' and the other 'The Dolly Varden Hat.' The latter was printed by Glasgow Poet's Box 
and can be dated at 1873. The first line is 'Come, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine' and it goes to the much used tune of 'The Knickerbocker 
Line,' of which this tune appears to be a variant. 'The Knickerbocker Line' tune gave rise to a whole series of songs, many of which, such as 
'The Cruise of the Bigler' and 'The Dogger Bank,' went into oral tradition; there are also similarities with the tune used by Ewan McColl for his 
"Second Front Song." The chorus of the Glasgow Poet's Box version contains the words: 'Watch her, twig her, she's a proper jubaju.' A version with 
variations is posted at the National Library of Scotland:[http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74892412&mode=transcription]

Here is the first verse and chorus, which fit the tune of GB/7e/11 well: 
 
THE DOLLY VARDEN HATS. 
 
COME, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine, 
And wear a hat and feathers in the fashionable line. 
Lovers you'll have plenty, of that you may depend, 
If you wear the Dolly Varden hat, and do the Grecian Bend. 
 
(Chorus.) 
 
Come, dear, don't fear, have your ringlets curled, 
If you're out of fashion, you had better leave the world, 
Your sweet and pretty faces will wear a winning smile, 
If you get a hat and feather in the Dolly Varden style. 

'''GB/7e/13 Horse Race'''

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'''GB/7e/14 Jockey'''

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'''GB/7e/15 [As Robin Was Driving His Wagon Along]'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/15'' This is difficult to decipher. Bar 2 is ambiguous. It looks like Butterworth originally wrote three crotchets G,E,E and then decided that he had left out an initial crotchet, B (hence the cramped appearance in the MS). If this is the case, then the bar would be in 4/4 time. Butterworth also notes a variation (in fainter writing) in which the first two crotchets, B and G, are quavers, thus (and as transcribed here) restoring the 3/4 time. At bar 15 there is another variant: A or E between the two G crotchets. At bar 18, the fermata is clearly, if strangely, placed over the rest. The lyrics are incomplete and garbled. 

'''GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine'''

[[File:GB-7e-16.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/16'' The machine in the title is probably for "sewing" and not "sowing." There is no known song about a 'sowing machine,' which would most likely have been referred to as a 'seed drill.' Broadside songs entitled "Sewing Machine" were printed by Glasgow Poet's Box, Disley of London and Pearson of Manchester. There is also a version in Healy's Old Irish Street Ballads, Vol 1. p. 261, which fits the tune well. Here is a sample verse: 
 
I chanced to fall in one day with a bewitching maid 
Her beauty put all other girls entirely in the shade 
With her rosy cheeks and eyes so black she looked just like a queen. 
From 9 till 6 just like a brick she works a sewing machine. 
(Chorus) 
She stole away my heart and I wish I'd never seen, 
The female fair with curly hair that worked the sewing machine. 

'''GB/7e/18 Team-Boy'''

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[[File:GB-7e-18.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/19 Barley Mow'''

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'''GB/7e/20 Old King Cole'''

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'''GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven'''

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2026-06-02T17:23:50Z

Simon Furey:

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2026-06-02T17:23:27Z

Simon Furey:

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2026-06-02T17:23:06Z

Simon Furey:

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2026-06-02T17:22:48Z

Simon Furey:

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2026-06-02T17:22:24Z

Simon Furey:

Take 6 Transcription Programme: The Butterworth Archive, MS 7e

2026-06-02T17:21:41Z

Simon Furey:

Link to [[Take 6 Transcription Programme]] Home Page

'''To view the original manuscript, follow the link provided in the related .abc file below. '''

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'''Editors' note:'''
''Many of the MSS in this group are deficient in information, which has therefore been supplemented with the results of Katie Howson's research, which is hereby acknowledged with our grateful thanks. The individual .abc files contain the appropriate on-line references.''

'''GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief'''

[[File:GB-7e-1.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-1.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-1.abc]]

'''GB/7e/2 General Wolfe'''

[[File:GB-7e-2.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-2.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-2.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/2'' The singer, "Jack Dade, Pulham Union," has also given us the lyrics for this version of General Wolfe. See the image file for GB/4/56 posted at the EFDSS's VWML website.

'''GB/7e/3 Trot Away'''

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[[File:GB-7e-3.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter'''

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[[File:GB-7e-4.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak'''

[[File:GB-7e-5.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-5.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/6 Harvest Song'''

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[[File:GB-7e-6.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-6.abc]]

'''GB/7e/7 Molecatcher'''

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[[File:GB-7e-7.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isle'''

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[[File:GB-7e-8.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/9 John Reilly'''

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[[File:GB-7e-9.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester'''

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'''GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman'''

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[[File:GB-7e-11.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style'''

[[File:GB-7e-12.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/11'' The Dolly Varden style refers to a fashionable female clothing style, and specifically to ladies' hats. There are 
at least 2 broadsides, one called 'The Dolly Varden Hats' and the other 'The Dolly Varden Hat.' The latter was printed by Glasgow Poet's Box 
and can be dated at 1873. The first line is 'Come, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine' and it goes to the much used tune of 'The Knickerbocker 
Line,' of which this tune appears to be a variant. 'The Knickerbocker Line' tune gave rise to a whole series of songs, many of which, such as 
'The Cruise of the Bigler' and 'The Dogger Bank,' went into oral tradition; there are also similarities with the tune used by Ewan McColl for his 
"Second Front Song." The chorus of the Glasgow Poet's Box version contains the words: 'Watch her, twig her, she's a proper jubaju.' A version with 
variations is posted at the National Library of Scotland:[http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74892412&mode=transcription]

Here is the first verse and chorus, which fit the tune of GB/7e/11 well: 
 
THE DOLLY VARDEN HATS. 
 
COME, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine, 
And wear a hat and feathers in the fashionable line. 
Lovers you'll have plenty, of that you may depend, 
If you wear the Dolly Varden hat, and do the Grecian Bend. 
 
(Chorus.) 
 
Come, dear, don't fear, have your ringlets curled, 
If you're out of fashion, you had better leave the world, 
Your sweet and pretty faces will wear a winning smile, 
If you get a hat and feather in the Dolly Varden style. 

'''GB/7e/13 Horse Race'''

[[File:GB-7e-13.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-13.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-13.abc]]

'''GB/7e/14 Jockey'''

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[[File:GB-7e-14.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/15 [As Robin Was Driving His Wagon Along]'''

[[File:GB-7e-15.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-15.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-15.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/15'' This is difficult to decipher. Bar 2 is ambiguous. It looks like Butterworth originally wrote three crotchets G,E,E and then decided that he had left out an initial crotchet, B (hence the cramped appearance in the MS). If this is the case, then the bar would be in 4/4 time. Butterworth also notes a variation (in fainter writing) in which the first two crotchets, B and G, are quavers, thus (and as transcribed here) restoring the 3/4 time. At bar 15 there is another variant: A or E between the two G crotchets. At bar 18, the fermata is clearly, if strangely, placed over the rest. The lyrics are incomplete and garbled. 

'''GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine'''

[[File:GB-7e-16.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/16'' The machine in the title is probably for "sewing" and not "sowing." There is no known song about a 'sowing machine,' which would most likely have been referred to as a 'seed drill.' Broadside songs entitled "Sewing Machine" were printed by Glasgow Poet's Box, Disley of London and Pearson of Manchester. There is also a version in Healy's Old Irish Street Ballads, Vol 1. p. 261, which fits the tune well. Here is a sample verse: 
 
I chanced to fall in one day with a bewitching maid 
Her beauty put all other girls entirely in the shade 
With her rosy cheeks and eyes so black she looked just like a queen. 
From 9 till 6 just like a brick she works a sewing machine. 
(Chorus) 
She stole away my heart and I wish I'd never seen, 
The female fair with curly hair that worked the sewing machine. 

'''GB/7e/18 Team-Boy'''

[[File:GB-7e-18.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-18.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-18.abc]]

'''GB/7e/19 Barley Mow'''

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[[File:GB-7e-19.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/20 Old King Cole'''

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[[File:GB-7e-20.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven'''

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[[File:GB-7e-21.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-21.abc]]

Take 6 Transcription Programme: The Butterworth Archive, MS 7e

2026-06-02T17:20:23Z

Simon Furey:

Link to [[Take 6 Transcription Programme]] Home Page

'''To view the original manuscript, follow the link provided in the related .abc file below. '''

'''For the .abc files, click on the desired .abc item. In the next window that appears, left-click the file name to display the ABC code. Right-click and select "Save link as..." to download the file.'''

'''Editors' note:'''
''Many of the MSS in this group are deficient in information, which has therefore been supplemented with the results of Katie Howson's research, which is hereby acknowledged with our grateful thanks. The individual .abc files contain the appropriate on-line references.''

'''GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief'''

[[File:GB-7e-1.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-1.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-1.abc]]

'''GB/7e/2 General Wolfe'''

[[File:GB-7e-2.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-2.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-2.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/2'' The singer, "Jack Dade, Pulham Union," has also given us the lyrics for this version of General Wolfe. See the image file for GB/4/56 posted at the EFDSS's VWML website.

'''GB/7e/3 Trot Away'''

[[File:GB-7e-3.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-3.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter'''

[[File:GB-7e-4.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-4.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-4.abc]]

'''GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak'''

[[File:GB-7e-5.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-5.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-5.abc]]

'''GB/7e/6 Harvest Song'''

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[[File:GB-7e-6.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-6.abc]]

'''GB/7e/7 Molecatcher'''

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[[File:GB-7e-7.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-7.abc]]

'''GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isle'''

[[File:GB-7e-8.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-8.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-8.abc]]

'''GB/7e/9 John Reilly'''

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[[File:GB-7e-9.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester'''

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[[File:GB-7e-10.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-10.abc]]

'''GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman'''

[[File:GB-7e-11.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-11.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-11.abc]]

'''GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style'''

[[File:GB-7e-12.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/11'' The Dolly Varden style refers to a fashionable female clothing style, and specifically to ladies' hats. There are 
at least 2 broadsides, one called 'The Dolly Varden Hats' and the other 'The Dolly Varden Hat.' The latter was printed by Glasgow Poet's Box 
and can be dated at 1873. The first line is 'Come, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine' and it goes to the much used tune of 'The Knickerbocker 
Line,' of which this tune appears to be a variant. 'The Knickerbocker Line' tune gave rise to a whole series of songs, many of which, such as 
'The Cruise of the Bigler' and 'The Dogger Bank,' went into oral tradition; there are also similarities with the tune used by Ewan McColl for his 
"Second Front Song." The chorus of the Glasgow Poet's Box version contains the words: 'Watch her, twig her, she's a proper jubaju.' A version with 
variations is posted at the National Library of Scotland:[http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74892412&mode=transcription]

Here is the first verse and chorus, which fit the tune of GB/7e/11 well: 
 
THE DOLLY VARDEN HATS. 
 
COME, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine, 
And wear a hat and feathers in the fashionable line. 
Lovers you'll have plenty, of that you may depend, 
If you wear the Dolly Varden hat, and do the Grecian Bend. 
 
(Chorus.) 
 
Come, dear, don't fear, have your ringlets curled, 
If you're out of fashion, you had better leave the world, 
Your sweet and pretty faces will wear a winning smile, 
If you get a hat and feather in the Dolly Varden style. 

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'''GB/7e/15 [As Robin Was Driving His Wagon Along]'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/15'' This is difficult to decipher. Bar 2 is ambiguous. It looks like Butterworth originally wrote three crotchets G,E,E and then decided that he had left out an initial crotchet, B (hence the cramped appearance in the MS). If this is the case, then the bar would be in 4/4 time. Butterworth also notes a variation (in fainter writing) in which the first two crotchets, B and G, are quavers, thus (and as transcribed here) restoring the 3/4 time. At bar 15 there is another variant: A or E between the two G crotchets. At bar 18, the fermata is clearly, if strangely, placed over the rest. The lyrics are incomplete and garbled. 

'''GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/16'' The machine in the title is probably for "sewing" and not "sowing." There is no known song about a 'sowing machine,' which would most likely 
have been referred to as a 'seed drill.' Broadside songs entitled "Sewing Machine" were printed by Glasgow Poet's Box, Disley of London and Pearson of Manchester. There 
is also a version in Healy's Old Irish Street Ballads, Vol 1. p. 261, which fits the tune well. Here is a sample verse: 
 
I chanced to fall in one day with a bewitching maid 
Her beauty put all other girls entirely in the shade 
With her rosy cheeks and eyes so black she looked just like a queen. 
From 9 till 6 just like a brick she works a sewing machine. 
(Chorus) 
She stole away my heart and I wish I'd never seen, 
The female fair with curly hair that worked the sewing machine. 

'''GB/7e/18 Team-Boy'''

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'''GB/7e/19 Barley Mow'''

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'''GB/7e/20 Old King Cole'''

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'''GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven'''

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Take 6 Transcription Programme: The Butterworth Archive, MS 7e

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Link to [[Take 6 Transcription Programme]] Home Page

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'''GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief'''

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[[File:GB-7e-1.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/2 General Wolfe'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/2'' The singer, "Jack Dade, Pulham Union," has also given us the lyrics for this version of General Wolfe. See the image file for GB/4/56 posted at the EFDSS's VWML website.

'''GB/7e/3 Trot Away'''

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'''GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter'''

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'''GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak'''

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'''GB/7e/6 Harvest Song'''

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'''GB/7e/7 Molecatcher'''

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'''GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isle'''

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'''GB/7e/9 John Reilly'''

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'''GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester'''

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'''GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman'''

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'''GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style'''

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[[File:GB-7e-12.pdf]]

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''Notes on GB/7e/11'' The Dolly Varden style refers to a fashionable female clothing style, and specifically to ladies' hats. There are 
at least 2 broadsides, one called 'The Dolly Varden Hats' and the other 'The Dolly Varden Hat.' The latter was printed by Glasgow Poet's Box 
and can be dated at 1873. The first line is 'Come, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine' and it goes to the much used tune of 'The Knickerbocker 
Line,' of which this tune appears to be a variant. 'The Knickerbocker Line' tune gave rise to a whole series of songs, many of which, such as 
'The Cruise of the Bigler' and 'The Dogger Bank,' went into oral tradition; there are also similarities with the tune used by Ewan McColl for his 
"Second Front Song." The chorus of the Glasgow Poet's Box version contains the words: 'Watch her, twig her, she's a proper jubaju.' A version with 
variations is posted at the National Library of Scotland:[http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74892412&mode=transcription]

Here is the first verse and chorus, which fit the tune of GB/7e/11 well: 
 
THE DOLLY VARDEN HATS. 
 
COME, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine, 
And wear a hat and feathers in the fashionable line. 
Lovers you'll have plenty, of that you may depend, 
If you wear the Dolly Varden hat, and do the Grecian Bend. 
 
(Chorus.) 
 
Come, dear, don't fear, have your ringlets curled, 
If you're out of fashion, you had better leave the world, 
Your sweet and pretty faces will wear a winning smile, 
If you get a hat and feather in the Dolly Varden style. 

'''GB/7e/13 Horse Race'''

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[[File:GB-7e-13.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/14 Jockey'''

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[[File:GB-7e-14.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/15 [As Robin Was Driving His Wagon Along]'''

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[[File:GB-7e-15.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-15.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/15'' This is difficult to decipher. Bar 2 is ambiguous. It looks like Butterworth originally wrote three crotchets 
G,E,E and then decided that he had left out an initial crotchet, B (hence the cramped appearance in the MS). If this is the case, 
then the bar would be in 4/4 time. Butterworth also notes a variation (in fainter writing) in which the first two crotchets, B and G, 
are quavers, thus (and as transcribed here) restoring the 3/4 time. At bar 15 there is another variant: A or E between the two G crotchets. 
At bar 18, the fermata is clearly, if strangely, placed over the rest. The lyrics are incomplete and garbled. 

'''GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine'''

[[File:GB-7e-16.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/16'' The machine in the title is probably for "sewing" and not "sowing." There is no known song about a 'sowing machine,' which would most likely 
have been referred to as a 'seed drill.' Broadside songs entitled "Sewing Machine" were printed by Glasgow Poet's Box, Disley of London and Pearson of Manchester. There 
is also a version in Healy's Old Irish Street Ballads, Vol 1. p. 261, which fits the tune well. Here is a sample verse: 
 
I chanced to fall in one day with a bewitching maid 
Her beauty put all other girls entirely in the shade 
With her rosy cheeks and eyes so black she looked just like a queen. 
From 9 till 6 just like a brick she works a sewing machine. 
(Chorus) 
She stole away my heart and I wish I'd never seen, 
The female fair with curly hair that worked the sewing machine. 

'''GB/7e/18 Team-Boy'''

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[[File:GB-7e-18.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/19 Barley Mow'''

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'''GB/7e/20 Old King Cole'''

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'''GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven'''

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[[File:GB-7e-21.pdf]]

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Take 6 Transcription Programme: The Butterworth Archive, MS 7e

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Simon Furey:

Link to [[Take 6 Transcription Programme]] Home Page

'''To view the original manuscript, follow the link provided in the related .abc file below. '''

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'''GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief'''

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[[File:GB-7e-1.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/2 General Wolfe'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/2'' The singer, "Jack Dade, Pulham Union," has also given us the lyrics for this version of General Wolfe. See the image file for GB/4/56 posted at the EFDSS's VWML website.

'''GB/7e/3 Trot Away'''

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'''GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter'''

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'''GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak'''

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[[File:GB-7e-5.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/6 Harvest Song'''

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'''GB/7e/7 Molecatcher'''

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'''GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isle'''

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[[File:GB-7e-8.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/9 John Reilly'''

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[[File:GB-7e-9.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester'''

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[[File:GB-7e-10.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman'''

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[[File:GB-7e-11.pdf]]

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'''GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style'''

[[File:GB-7e-12.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/11'' The Dolly Varden style refers to a fashionable female clothing style, and specifically to ladies' hats. There are 
at least 2 broadsides, one called 'The Dolly Varden Hats' and the other 'The Dolly Varden Hat.' The latter was printed by Glasgow Poet's Box 
and can be dated at 1873. The first line is 'Come, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine' and it goes to the much used tune of 'The Knickerbocker 
Line,' of which this tune appears to be a variant. 'The Knickerbocker Line' tune gave rise to a whole series of songs, many of which, such as 
'The Cruise of the Bigler' and 'The Dogger Bank,' went into oral tradition; there are also similarities with the tune used by Ewan McColl for his 
"Second Front Song." The chorus of the Glasgow Poet's Box version contains the words: 'Watch her, twig her, she's a proper jubaju.' A version with 
variations is posted at the National Library of Scotland:[http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74892412&mode=transcription]

Here is the first verse and chorus, which fit the tune of GB/7e/11 well: 
 
THE DOLLY VARDEN HATS. 
 
COME, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine, 
And wear a hat and feathers in the fashionable line. 
Lovers you'll have plenty, of that you may depend, 
If you wear the Dolly Varden hat, and do the Grecian Bend. 
 
(Chorus.) 
 
Come, dear, don't fear, have your ringlets curled, 
If you're out of fashion, you had better leave the world, 
Your sweet and pretty faces will wear a winning smile, 
If you get a hat and feather in the Dolly Varden style. 

'''GB/7e/13 Horse Race'''

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'''GB/7e/14 Jockey'''

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'''GB/7e/15 [As Robin Was Driving His Wagon Along]'''

[[File:GB-7e-15.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-15.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-15.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/15'' This is difficult to decipher. Bar 2 is ambiguous. It looks like Butterworth originally wrote three crotchets 
G,E,E and then decided that he had left out an initial crotchet, B (hence the cramped appearance in the MS). If this is the case, 
then the bar would be in 4/4 time. Butterworth also notes a variation (in fainter writing) in which the first two crotchets, B and G, 
are quavers, thus (and as transcribed here) restoring the 3/4 time. At bar 15 there is another variant: A or E between the two G crotchets. 
At bar 18, the fermata is clearly, if strangely, placed over the rest. The lyrics are incomplete and garbled. 

'''GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine'''

[[File:GB-7e-16.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/16'' The machine in the title is probably for "sewing" and not "sowing." There is no known song about a 'sowing machine,' which would most likely 
have been referred to as a 'seed drill.' Broadside songs entitled "Sewing Machine" were printed by Glasgow Poet's Box, Disley of London and Pearson of Manchester. There 
is also a version in Healy's Old Irish Street Ballads, Vol 1. p. 261, which fits the tune well. Here is a sample verse: 
 
I chanced to fall in one day with a bewitching maid 
Her beauty put all other girls entirely in the shade 
With her rosy cheeks and eyes so black she looked just like a queen. 
From 9 till 6 just like a brick she works a sewing machine. 
(Chorus) 
She stole away my heart and I wish I'd never seen, 
The female fair with curly hair that worked the sewing machine. 

'''GB/7e/18 Team-Boy'''

[[File:GB-7e-18.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-18.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-18.abc]]

'''GB/7e/19 Barley Mow'''

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[[File:GB-7e-19.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-19.abc]]

'''GB/7e/20 Old King Cole'''

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[[File:GB-7e-20.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-20.abc]]

'''GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven'''

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[[File:GB-7e-21.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-21.abc]]

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Simon Furey:

Take 6 Transcription Programme: The Butterworth Archive, MS 7e

2026-06-02T17:05:33Z

Simon Furey:

Link to [[Take 6 Transcription Programme]] Home Page

'''To view the original manuscript, follow the link provided in the related .abc file below. '''

'''For the .abc files, click on the desired .abc item. In the next window that appears, left-click the file name to display the ABC code. Right-click and select "Save link as..." to download the file.'''

'''Editors' note:'''
''Many of the MSS in this group are deficient in information, which has therefore been supplemented with the results of Katie Howson's research, which is hereby acknowledged with our grateful thanks. The individual pieces contain the appropriate on-line references.''

'''GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief'''

[[File:GB-7e-1.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-1.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-1.abc]]

'''GB/7e/2 General Wolfe'''

[[File:GB-7e-2.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-2.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-2.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/2'' The singer, "Jack Dade, Pulham Union," has also given us the lyrics for this version of General Wolfe. See the image file for GB/4/56 posted at the EFDSS's VWML website.

'''GB/7e/3 Trot Away'''

[[File:GB-7e-3.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-3.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-3.abc]]

'''GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter'''

[[File:GB-7e-4.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-4.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-4.abc]]

'''GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak'''

[[File:GB-7e-5.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-5.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-5.abc]]

'''GB/7e/6 Harvest Song'''

[[File:GB-7e-6.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-6.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-6.abc]]

'''GB/7e/7 Molecatcher'''

[[File:GB-7e-7.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-7.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-7.abc]]

'''GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isle'''

[[File:GB-7e-8.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-8.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-8.abc]]

'''GB/7e/9 John Reilly'''

[[File:GB-7e-9.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-9.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-9.abc]]

'''GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester'''

[[File:GB-7e-10.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-10.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-10.abc]]

'''GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman'''

[[File:GB-7e-11.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-11.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-11.abc]]

'''GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style'''

[[File:GB-7e-12.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-12.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/11'' The Dolly Varden style refers to a fashionable female clothing style, and specifically to ladies' hats. There are 
at least 2 broadsides, one called 'The Dolly Varden Hats' and the other 'The Dolly Varden Hat.' The latter was printed by Glasgow Poet's Box 
and can be dated at 1873. The first line is 'Come, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine' and it goes to the much used tune of 'The Knickerbocker 
Line,' of which this tune appears to be a variant. 'The Knickerbocker Line' tune gave rise to a whole series of songs, many of which, such as 
'The Cruise of the Bigler' and 'The Dogger Bank,' went into oral tradition; there are also similarities with the tune used by Ewan McColl for his 
"Second Front Song." The chorus of the Glasgow Poet's Box version contains the words: 'Watch her, twig her, she's a proper jubaju.' A version with 
variations is posted at the National Library of Scotland:[http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74892412&mode=transcription]

Here is the first verse and chorus, which fit the tune of GB/7e/11 well: 
 
THE DOLLY VARDEN HATS. 
 
COME, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine, 
And wear a hat and feathers in the fashionable line. 
Lovers you'll have plenty, of that you may depend, 
If you wear the Dolly Varden hat, and do the Grecian Bend. 
 
(Chorus.) 
 
Come, dear, don't fear, have your ringlets curled, 
If you're out of fashion, you had better leave the world, 
Your sweet and pretty faces will wear a winning smile, 
If you get a hat and feather in the Dolly Varden style. 

'''GB/7e/13 Horse Race'''

[[File:GB-7e-13.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-13.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-13.abc]]

'''GB/7e/14 Jockey'''

[[File:GB-7e-14.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-14.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-14.abc]]

'''GB/7e/15 [As Robin Was Driving His Wagon Along]'''

[[File:GB-7e-15.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-15.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-15.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/15'' This is difficult to decipher. Bar 2 is ambiguous. It looks like Butterworth originally wrote three crotchets 
G,E,E and then decided that he had left out an initial crotchet, B (hence the cramped appearance in the MS). If this is the case, 
then the bar would be in 4/4 time. Butterworth also notes a variation (in fainter writing) in which the first two crotchets, B and G, 
are quavers, thus (and as transcribed here) restoring the 3/4 time. At bar 15 there is another variant: A or E between the two G crotchets. 
At bar 18, the fermata is clearly, if strangely, placed over the rest. The lyrics are incomplete and garbled. 

'''GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine'''

[[File:GB-7e-16.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.abc]]

''Notes on GB/7e/16'' The machine in the title is probably for "sewing" and not "sowing." There is no known song about a 'sowing machine,' which would most likely 
have been referred to as a 'seed drill.' Broadside songs entitled "Sewing Machine" were printed by Glasgow Poet's Box, Disley of London and Pearson of Manchester. There 
is also a version in Healy's Old Irish Street Ballads, Vol 1. p. 261, which fits the tune well. Here is a sample verse: 
 
I chanced to fall in one day with a bewitching maid 
Her beauty put all other girls entirely in the shade 
With her rosy cheeks and eyes so black she looked just like a queen. 
From 9 till 6 just like a brick she works a sewing machine. 
(Chorus) 
She stole away my heart and I wish I'd never seen, 
The female fair with curly hair that worked the sewing machine. 

'''GB/7e/18 Team-Boy'''

[[File:GB-7e-18.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-18.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-18.abc]]

'''GB/7e/19 Barley Mow'''

[[File:GB-7e-19.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-19.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-19.abc]]

'''GB/7e/20 Old King Cole'''

[[File:GB-7e-20.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-20.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-20.abc]]

'''GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven'''

[[File:GB-7e-21.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-21.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-21.abc]]

Take 6 Transcription Programme: The Butterworth Archive, MS 7e

2026-06-02T17:04:13Z

Simon Furey:

Link to [[Take 6 Transcription Programme]] Home Page

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'''Editors' note:'''
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'''GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief'''

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'''GB/7e/2 General Wolfe'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/2'' The singer, "Jack Dade, Pulham Union," has also given us the lyrics for this version of General Wolfe. See the image file for GB/4/56 posted at the EFDSS's VWML website.

'''GB/7e/3 Trot Away'''

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'''GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter'''

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'''GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak'''

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'''GB/7e/6 Harvest Song'''

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'''GB/7e/7 Molecatcher'''

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'''GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isle'''

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'''GB/7e/9 John Reilly'''

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'''GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester'''

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'''GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman'''

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'''GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/11'' The Dolly Varden style refers to a fashionable female clothing style, and specifically to ladies' hats. There are 
at least 2 broadsides, one called 'The Dolly Varden Hats' and the other 'The Dolly Varden Hat.' The latter was printed by Glasgow Poet's Box 
and can be dated at 1873. The first line is 'Come, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine' and it goes to the much used tune of 'The Knickerbocker 
Line,' of which this tune appears to be a variant. 'The Knickerbocker Line' tune gave rise to a whole series of songs, many of which, such as 
'The Cruise of the Bigler' and 'The Dogger Bank,' went into oral tradition; there are also similarities with the tune used by Ewan McColl for his 
"Second Front Song." The chorus of the Glasgow Poet's Box version contains the words: 'Watch her, twig her, she's a proper jubaju.' A version with 
variations is posted at the National Library of Scotland:[http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74892412&mode=transcription]

Here is the first verse and chorus, which fit the tune of GB/7e/11 well: 
 
THE DOLLY VARDEN HATS. 
 
COME, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine, 
And wear a hat and feathers in the fashionable line. 
Lovers you'll have plenty, of that you may depend, 
If you wear the Dolly Varden hat, and do the Grecian Bend. 
 
(Chorus.) 
 
Come, dear, don't fear, have your ringlets curled, 
If you're out of fashion, you had better leave the world, 
Your sweet and pretty faces will wear a winning smile, 
If you get a hat and feather in the Dolly Varden style. 

'''GB/7e/13 Horse Race'''

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'''GB/7e/14 Jockey'''

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'''GB/7e/15 [As Robin Was Driving His Wagon Along]'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/15'' This is difficult to decipher. Bar 2 is ambiguous. It looks like Butterworth originally wrote three crotchets 
G,E,E and then decided that he had left out an initial crotchet, B (hence the cramped appearance in the MS). If this is the case, 
then the bar would be in 4/4 time. Butterworth also notes a variation (in fainter writing) in which the first two crotchets, B and G, 
are quavers, thus (and as transcribed here) restoring the 3/4 time. At bar 15 there is another variant: A or E between the two G crotchets. 
At bar 18, the fermata is clearly, if strangely, placed over the rest. The lyrics are incomplete and garbled. 

'''GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/16'' The machine in the title is probably for "sewing" and not "sowing." There is no known song about a 'sowing machine,' which would most likely 
have been referred to as a 'seed drill.' Broadside songs entitled "Sewing Machine" were printed by Glasgow Poet's Box, Disley of London and Pearson of Manchester. There 
is also a version in Healy's Old Irish Street Ballads, Vol 1. p. 261, which fits the tune well. Here is a sample verse: 
 
I chanced to fall in one day with a bewitching maid 
Her beauty put all other girls entirely in the shade 
With her rosy cheeks and eyes so black she looked just like a queen. 
From 9 till 6 just like a brick she works a sewing machine. 
(Chorus) 
She stole away my heart and I wish I'd never seen, 
The female fair with curly hair that worked the sewing machine. 

'''GB/7e/18 Team-Boy'''

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'''GB/7e/19 Barley Mow'''

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'''GB/7e/20 Old King Cole'''

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'''GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven'''

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'''GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief'''

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X:1 
T:GB/7e/1 Bonny Blue Handkerchief 
C:Tooke 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/4 
M:3/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:Ador 
E | A G E | !fermata!c B A | d c B | A2 E | A G E | c B A | d e f | e2 d | !fermata!e e f |$ 
g !fermata!e f | d d f | e3 | c3 | d3 | d c A | A G E | d c B | A2 |] 

'''GB/7e/2 General Wolfe'''

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X:2 
T:GB/7e/2 General Wolfe 
C:Dade 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/4 
M:3/2 
I:linebreak $ 
K:G 
D | G F G2 A B | c d G3/2 F/ !fermata!D D | G F G2 A B | c c d3 B |$ c e d2 c3/2 B/ | 
[M:4/2] B A"^(a)" G3/2 F/ !fermata!D2 c2 |[M:3/2] B d G2 A D | D E3/4 G3- G/4 ||$ D | G F G2 A B | 
c d G3/2 F/ !fermata!D D | G F G2 A B | c c d3 B |$ c e d2 c3/2 B/ | 
[M:4/2] B A"^(a) var." G2 !fermata!D2 c2 |[M:3/2] B d G2 A D | D E3/4 G3- G/4 ||$ 
"^and another time" D | G F G2 A B | c c d3 c | B G c3/2 A/ B A | G E D3 B | c d e2 c A |$ 
B c d3 e | d c A3/2 B/ !fermata!c d | c B G3/2 F/ !fermata!D D | G A d d c B | G4- G |] 

''Notes on GB/7e/2'' The singer, "Jack Dade, Pulham Union," has also given us the lyrics for this version of General Wolfe. See the image file for GB/4/56 posted at the EFDSS's VWML website.

'''GB/7e/3 Trot Away'''

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X:3 
T:GB/7e/3 Trot-Away 
C:Old Tubbs 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
W:1. Why (or Oh) I keep a good a horse as any man in town, 
W:Trot sixteen miles an hour I will bet a thousand pound. 
W:He's such a one to bend his knee and hash his ankles in, 
W:He'll pass them all upon the road and think it is no sin. 
W: 
W:(Chorus:)With my trot away, gang along, fall the lal the rido 
W:He's my tooly rooly rooly roo, he's my right trot away. 
W: 
W:2. He has an eye like an hawk and a neck like a swan, 
W:A foot like a cat and his back you may span, 
W:He's rising four years old, all over right and sound, 
W:And if he makes a false step I'll lose a thousand pound. 
W: 
W:3. Being twenty miles from home in the dark I'll never mind, 
W:With my pipe and my glass and my friends I leave behind, 
W:I'll clap the saddle on his back and away from them will ride, 
W:I'll pass them all along the road and leave them far behind. 
L:1/8 
M:4/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:G 
(3DEF | G2 GG GBBB |"^(a)" AA GE !fermata!D2 DD | B,DGF"^(b)" Ec cB | AGFE D3"^(c)" c |$ 
Bddd dddd | edcB c3 c | edcB"^(d)" dcBA | GE cA GFED |$ EF !fermata!G2 FG !fermata!A2 | 
d>d dc Bc d2- |[M:2/4] d2 cd |[M:4/4] e>dcB d>c (3AGF | G2 G>G G2 ||$ (3DEF | G2 GG GBBB | 
"^(a) var." AGFE !fermata!D2 DD | B,DGF"^(b) var." EG cB | AGFE D3"^(c) var." d |$ Bddd dddd | 
edcB c3 c | edcB"^(d) var." d2 CA, | GE cA GFED |$ EF !fermata!G2 FG !fermata!A2 | d>d dc Bc d2- | 
[M:2/4] d2 cd |[M:4/4] e>dcB d>c (3AGF | G2 G>G G2 |] 

''Notes on GB/7e/3'' The informant, "Old Tubbs" is not clearly indicated in the MS but has been deduced from the MS evidence. He is not to be confused with "Young Tubbs." (See GB/7e/20.)

'''GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter'''

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X:4 
T:GB/7e/4 Ratcatcher's Daughter 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/8 
M:2/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:G 
G | AAAA | BBBB | cccc | d2"^(a)" D2 | d3 c | BBAA |[M:4/4] G2 G2 C2 CC | D2 c2 B2 A2 |$ A4 G3 G | 
[M:2/4] AAAA | BBBB | cccc | d2 D2 | d3 c | BBAA |[M:4/4] G2 G2 C2 CC | D2 c2 B2 A2 |$ A4 G4 | 
A4 G2 B2 | B2 d2 A4 | G2 E2 C2 CC | D2 c2 B2 B2 | B4 A4 | B2 d2 A4 | G2 E2 C2 CC | D2 c2 B2 A2 | 
A4 G3 ||$[M:2/4] G | AAAA | BBBB | cccc | d2"^(a) var." D2- | D2 D2 | BBAA |[M:4/4] G2 G2 C2 CC | 
D2 c2 B2 A2 |$ A4 G3 G |[M:2/4] AAAA | BBBB | cccc | d2 D2 | d3 c | BBAA |[M:4/4] G2 G2 C2 CC | 
D2 c2 B2 A2 |$ A4 G4 | A4 G2 B2 | B2 d2 A4 | G2 E2 C2 CC | D2 c2 B2 B2 | B4 A4 | B2 d2 A4 | 
G2 E2 C2 CC | D2 c2 B2 A2 | A4 G3 |] 

''Notes on GB/7e/4'' A degree of editorial interpretation was necessary to reconstruct this tune from the rather sketchy version in the MS. From the layout of the 
MS it seems likely that this song, like GB/7e/3 and GB/7e/5, was from "Old Tubbs."

'''GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak'''

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X:5 
T:GB/7e/5 Hearts of Oak 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
W:1. You hearts of oak do you wish to try your fortunes on the sea, 
W:Don't you be afraid of your enemies, but enter now with me, 
W:With five pounds bounty and two months' pay and leave to go on shore 
W:And to be with the pretty girls to sport and play, what can a British Tar wish more. (repeat) 
W: 
W:2. Now our ship she is oak, she sails with the wind to face our daring foe, 
W:And for to fight we're all inclined if it should happen so. 
W:Our captains generous bold and free and of grog we've got great store 
W:And to be with..... 
W: 
W:3. So now we're in chase to the country fleet victorious we have spied 
W:With the prize in view we'll bid adieu and kiss pretty maids by side 
W:For with Spanish silver and fine gold we will our cannons roar 
W:With these wells prees* we'll sweep the sea...................what can see... 
W:(*world's praise) 
L:1/8 
M:4/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:D 
"^(a)" A2 | D2 FA A3 F | G2"^(b)" B>B !fermata!B3 d |"^(c)" d3 F A2 E2 | D6 :|"^(d)" cd |$ 
e2 A2 A2 AA |[M:6/4] F2 A2 d4 d3 c |[M:4/4] B2 B2 c2 A2 | d6 d>e | f4"^(e)" e2 e2 |$ 
d>cB>A F2 A2 | d4 B4 | A>GF>E D2 D2 |[M:6/4] d2 f2 e4 dc B2 |[M:4/4] A>A dF AG E2 | D6 |:$ 
"^(a) var." AF | D2 FA A3 F | G2"^(b) var." B2 !fermata!B3 d |"^(c) var." d2 FA AG (3dcd | D6 :| 
"^(d) var." d2 |$ e2 A2 A2 AA |[M:6/4] F2 A2 d4 d3 c |[M:4/4] B2 B2 c2 A2 | d6 d>e | 
f4"^(e) var." e4 |$ d>cB>A F2 A2 | d4 B4 | A>GF>E D2 D2 |[M:6/4] d2 f2 e4 dc B2 | 
[M:4/4] A>A dF AG E2 | D6 |]

''Notes on GB/7e/5'' The words are incomplete and garbled. From the layout of the MS it seems likely that this song, like GB/7e/3 and GB/7e/4, was from "Old Tubbs."

'''GB/7e/6 Harvest Song'''

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X:6 
T:GB/7e/6 Harvest Song 
C:Jack Dade 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
W:The queried notes are not marked as flattened in the original MS. However, in the MS GSKB 
W:suggests flattening the first, and the present editors suggest flattening the second. 
L:1/8 
M:2/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:F 
C | FFG_E | F2 G"^(?)"_A | BGEG | B2 cc | F2 cc | B2 GB | c3 B | ccFE | FFGA |$ BGEG | BBGB | 
c>dcB | _A2 GE | F2 G_A | B2 _AB | c>dcB |"^(?)" _A2 GE | F3 |] 

'''GB/7e/7 Molecatcher'''

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X:7 
T:GB/7e/7 Molecatcher 
C:Tooke 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/8 
M:6/8 
I:linebreak $ 
K:Fdor 
c | FF F cde | dc d B2 F | AG F EEG | BA G !fermata!F2 d | ec d e2 c/d/ |$ ec d e2 e | cc c fff | 
ec d e3 | dc d B3 | cF F EFG | BAG F2 |] 

'''GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isle'''

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X:8 
T:GB/7e/8 Rose of Britain's Isles 
C:Tooke 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/8 
M:2/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:Fdor 
c | BcAF | c>d !fermata!e"^(a)"G | BGFE | F3 :| F | AFFF |$[M:3/4] f2 e3 c |[M:2/4] cc Bd | c3 c | 
Bc AF | c>d !fermata!e"^(b)"G | BG FE | F3 |:$ c | BcAF | c>d !fermata!e"^(a) var." G/G/ | BGFE | 
F3 :| F | AF FF |$[M:3/4] f2 e3 c |[M:2/4] cc Bd | c3 c | Bc AF | c>d !fermata!e"^(b) var." G/G/ | 
BG FE | F3 |] 

''Notes on GB/7e/8'' The MS is unclear, but in the transcription it is assumed that the singer is the same as for the previous song.

'''GB/7e/9 John Reilly'''

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X:9 
T:GB/7e/9 John Reilly 
C:Stevenson 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/4 
M:4/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:G 
d2 | c d A B/A/ | G G F G | A"^(a)" B/A/ G G | G3 G | B G B c | d g f g | e d c e | d3 G |$ 
B G B c | d g f g | e d c e | d2 B3/2 c/ | d e/d/ c d/c/ | B G F G | A B G G | G2 ||$ d2 | 
c d A B/A/ | G G F G | A"^(a) var." B G G | G3 G | B G B c | d g f g | e d c e | d3 G |$ B G B c | 
d g f g | e d c e | d2 B3/2 c/ | d e/d/ c d/c/ | B G F G | A B G G | G2 |]

''Notes on GB/7e/9'' The significance of the term "twice" in the MS is unclear; here it is taken to indicate a repeat of the second 
phrase to produce a standard musical ABBA pattern.

'''GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester'''

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X:10 
T:GB/7e/10 Coming Down to Manchester 
C:Stevenson 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
W:When coming down from M. I gained my liberty 
W:I saw one of the prettiest girls that ever my eyes did see ......... 
W: In coming d. ......................... to gain my 
W:l. How old are you my f. s. ............ honey ................................... 
W: I'm 17 come Sunday. 
L:1/8 
M:6/8 
I:linebreak $ 
K:F 
F | F2 A !fermata!c2 d | c2 A G2 F | G2 A F2"^(a)" F | F3- F2 :| c | d2 e f2 d |$ c2 A G2 F | 
G2 A B2 c | d d2 z2 c | d2 e f2 d |"^(b)" c2 A G2 F | G2 A F2 E | F3- F2 |:$ F | 
F2 A !fermata!c2 d | c2 A G2 F | G2 A F2"^(a) var." E | F3- F2 :| c | d2 e f2 d |$ c2 A G2 F | 
G2 A B2 c | d d2 z2 c | d2 e f2 d |"^(b) var. 1" c2 A F2 G | A2 B A2 G | F3- F2 |:$ F | 
F2 A !fermata!c2 d | c2 A G2 F | G2 A F2 F | F3- F2 :| c | d2 e f2 d |$ c2 A G2 F | G2 A B2 c | 
d d2 z2 c | d2 e f2 d |"^(b) var. 2" c2 A G2 F | G2 B A2 G | F3- F2 |] 

'''GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman'''

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''Notes on GB/7e/11'' Both the music and the words are garbled.

X:11 
T:GB/7e/11 Boy and Highwayman 
C:Mr. Lert (?) Landlord, Tidenham Horseshoes 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
W:Take care this cow and drive her to the fair 
W:She is the best that I can well spare. 
W: 
W:As the boy was a-going he met with three men. 
W:The boy sold his cow for six pounds and ten. 
W: 
W:What shall I do with the money I pray? 
W:In your coat lining, the landlady did say, 
W:Before you get robbed all on the highway. 
W: 
W:O sat that highwayman drinking of wine, 
W:Says I to myself, that money is mine. 
W:The boy took his leave and away he did go; 
W:The highwayman quickly followed him through. 
W: 
W:You're well overtaken, my boy, he replied 
W:...............................all on the highway. 
W:How far are you going? this he replied. 
W:Now they both got on horseback and away they did ride. 
W: 
W:Now they rode till the came to a very dark lane 
W:And now, says the highwayman, tell me quite plain 
W:Deliver your money without any strife 
W:Or else....... 
W: 
W:Now the boy tore the coat lining, ..... 
W:................................strewed it about 
W: 
W:Now this highwayman quickly jumped off his horse 
W:For little he thought it would be to his loss 
W:And before he could get it into his purse 
W:Why he holloed and shouted and bid him to stay 
W:But the boy never stopped but rode on his way. 
W: 
W:Now the master looked in at his door and says doss(?) 
W: ................................cow changed into a horse. 
W: 
W:O no, kind master, your cow I have sold, 
W:I robbed on the road by a highwayman bold 
W:Why, I made a mad misery away with this horse 
W:.................................quickly told 
W:Of three hundred pounds both in silver and gold 
W:And now for your courage and more for your fear 
W:And if the poor rogue has lost all his stat(?) 
L:1/4 
M:3/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:Eaeo 
"^(a)" G/A/ | G F G | A G A | B ^c d | e2 e |"^(b)" d G G | G A B | A"^(c)" F D | E2 ||$ 
"^(a) var. 1" F | G F G | A G A | B ^c d | e2 e |"^(b) var. 1" d B G | G A B | 
A"^(c) var." F/E/ D | E2 ||$"^(a) var. 2" G/F/ | G F G | A G A | B ^c d | e2 e | 
"^(b) var. 2" d B B | G A B | A F D | E2 |] 

'''GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style'''

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''abc notation''

X:12 
T:GB/7e/12 Dolly Vardon Style 
C:Noah Fisher 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/8 
M:4/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:GAeo 
d | dddB d2 dB | cBcA F3 c | cccc c2 BA | GABc !fermata!d3 d |$ GABc d2 !fermata!gg | 
fdBd !fermata!f2 GA | BGAF GABc | dcBA !fermata!G3 G |$ d2 d2 d2 d2 | cBcA F3 c | cccc c2 BA | 
GABc !fermata!d3 d |$ GABc d2 !fermata!gg | fdGd !fermata!f2 GA | BGAF GABc | dcBA !fermata!G3 |] 

''Notes on GB/7e/11'' The Dolly Varden style refers to a fashionable female clothing style, and specifically to ladies' hats. There are 
at least 2 broadsides, one called 'The Dolly Varden Hats' and the other 'The Dolly Varden Hat.' The latter was printed by Glasgow Poet's Box 
and can be dated at 1873. The first line is 'Come, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine' and it goes to the much used tune of 'The Knickerbocker 
Line,' of which this tune appears to be a variant. 'The Knickerbocker Line' tune gave rise to a whole series of songs, many of which, such as 
'The Cruise of the Bigler' and 'The Dogger Bank,' went into oral tradition; there are also similarities with the tune used by Ewan McColl for his 
"Second Front Song." The chorus of the Glasgow Poet's Box version contains the words: 'Watch her, twig her, she's a proper jubaju.' A version with 
variations is posted at the National Library of Scotland:[http://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/pageturner.cfm?id=74892412&mode=transcription]

Here is the first verse and chorus, which fit the tune of GB/7e/11 well: 
 
THE DOLLY VARDEN HATS. 
 
COME, dear, don't fear, try and cut a shine, 
And wear a hat and feathers in the fashionable line. 
Lovers you'll have plenty, of that you may depend, 
If you wear the Dolly Varden hat, and do the Grecian Bend. 
 
(Chorus.) 
 
Come, dear, don't fear, have your ringlets curled, 
If you're out of fashion, you had better leave the world, 
Your sweet and pretty faces will wear a winning smile, 
If you get a hat and feather in the Dolly Varden style. 

'''GB/7e/13 Horse Race'''

[[File:GB-7e-13.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-13.pdf]]

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X:13 
T:GB/7e/13 Horse Race 
C:Blue Fisher 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
W:It's of three north noble country lords 
W:From the Newmarket came 
W:All for a wager they did run 
W:And the riders to do the same. 
W: 
W: And as they were a-riding along the road 
W:They met with a little boy 
W: Come show to me Lord Franklin's halls 
W:That his stables we may see. 
W: 
W:They took them into his middlemost stable 
W: Among those riders all 
W:There was great Greasy Heel, little lame Boy 
W: Jack Little Molly shall run with you all. 
W: 
W: Then up bespoke the poorest duke 
W:The poorest of those three 
W: I'll run you for thirty thousand pounds 
W:And tomorrow shall be the day. 
W: 
W:So when Lord Franklin heard these words 
W: He stood with his hat in his hand 
W:I'll run you for gold while gld shall hold 
W: And I'll make it upon our land. 
W: 
W:Then the drums and the trumpets we did sound 
W:All for them to get ready 
W:And All Lord Franklin had to say 
W:Mind you Jack boy and be steady. 
W: 
W:The first milepost he did come at 
W:Lord Thompson's man did say 
W:If you can't go her faster than this 
W:Kind sir I'll show you the way. 
W: 
W:The second milepost he did come at 
W:The people all declared 
W:They hardly could decide the case 
W:Between the horse and the mare. 
W: 
W:There was heel to heel and toe to toe 
W:So merrily they did run on 
W:They went shoulder to shoulder and flank to flank 
W:And the whip and touch began. 
W: 
W:And just as they did climb the hill 
W:Lord Franklin's mare being free 
W:She took to her heels and away did run 
W:And Lord Franklin he carried the day. 
L:1/8 
M:4/4 
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G2"^(c)" B2 F2 FF | GA B2 d2"^(d)" e2 |[M:6/4] B4 G4 F2 FF |[M:4/4] GA"^(e)" B2 d2"^(f)" e2 | 
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d2 dc B2"^(b) var." BA |$ G2"^(c) var." BG F2 FF | GA B2 d2"^(d) var." ec |[M:6/4] B4 G4 F2 FF | 
[M:4/4] GA"^(e) var." Bc d2"^(f) var." ec | B6 |] 

'''GB/7e/14 Jockey'''

[[File:GB-7e-14.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-14.pdf]]

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X:14 
T:GB/7e/14 Jockey 
C:Blue (Fisher) 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/8 
M:6/8 
I:linebreak $ 
K:F 
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"^(b) var." d2 e f2 e | d2 e A2 d | dcB A2 G | A2"^(c) var." E D2 E |$ F2 F FAc | 
d2 e !fermata!f2"^(d) var." e | dcB A2 G |"^(e) var." F2 E E2 F | F2 F c2 c | A3 F2 |] 

'''GB/7e/15 [As Robin Was Driving His Wagon Along]'''

[[File:GB-7e-15.mid]]

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X:15 
T:GB/7e/15 [As Robin was Driving his Wagon Along] 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
W:As Robin was driving his wagon along 
W:The trees in full bloom and the birds in full song 
W:I saw a young damsel was going to and fro 
W:As Robin .................... geeho 
W:(Chorus:}That's well done, Robin, drive on, Robin, ride up and geeho. 
W: 
W:I hastened my horses to walk by her side 
W:The roads being dirty I asked her to ride 
W:I heaved her up gently, lay her at her ease 
W:Then it's come and lie with me, young man if you please. etc. 
W:should 
W:But if this young damsel she asked me her name 
W:There's some call me Robin and some call me Bon 
W:But as for the other one I dare not to tell 
W:For fear this young damsel she chance for to swell. 
L:1/4 
M:3/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:Aaeo 
A/B/ | c B A | B/G/ E E | c B"^(a)" G | A2"^(b)" A | c A A | G E E | ^F D D | !fermata!E2 B |$ 
c B A | G E E | c B"^(c)" G | A2 A/B/ | c A A | G E"^(d)" E |"^(e)" G G A | E2"^(f)" D |$ 
(C3/2 D/) (E/"^(?)"^F/) | G !fermata!E z | c B A | G E D | E A"^(?)" ^G | A2 ||$ A/B/ | c B A | 
B E E | c B"^(a) var." A/G/ | A2"^(b) var." A/B/ | c A A | G E E | ^F D D | E2 B |$ c B A | 
G E E | c B"^(c) var." G/A/ | A2 A/B/ | c A A | G E"^(d) var." E/F/ |"^(e) var." G- G A | 
E2"^(f) var." D/C/ |$ (C3/2 D/) (E/"^(?)"^F/) | G !fermata!E z | c B A | G E D | E A"^(?)" ^G | 
A2 |] 

''Notes on GB/7e/15'' This is difficult to decipher. Bar 2 is ambiguous. It looks like Butterworth originally wrote three crotchets 
G,E,E and then decided that he had left out an initial crotchet, B (hence the cramped appearance in the MS). If this is the case, 
then the bar would be in 4/4 time. Butterworth also notes a variation (in fainter writing) in which the first two crotchets, B and G, 
are quavers, thus (and as transcribed here) restoring the 3/4 time. At bar 15 there is another variant: A or E between the two G crotchets. 
At bar 18, the fermata is clearly, if strangely, placed over the rest. The lyrics are incomplete and garbled. 

'''GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine'''

[[File:GB-7e-16.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-16.xml]]

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X:16 
T:GB/7e/16 Sowing Machine 
C:Woodcock Jnr., Scole, XII. 11 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/8 
M:6/8 
I:linebreak $ 
K:GDor 
A | B2 c A2 B | G2 F G2 A | B2 c A2 B | G3- G2 F | G2 A B2 c | d2 d d2 c |$ d2 g g2 f | d3- d2 A | 
d2 d d2 d | g3 f2 d | c2 c cde | f3 e2 f | d2 c A2 B |$ c2 A G2 G | d2 d cBA | G3- G2 || 
"^Chorus" d | d2 d d2 d | g2 g g2 c | c2 c cde |$ f3 e2 f | d2 c A2 B | c2 A G2 G | d2 d cBA | 
G3- G2 |] 

''Notes on GB/7e/16'' The machine in the title is probably for "sewing" and not "sowing." There is no known song about a 'sowing machine,' which would most likely 
have been referred to as a 'seed drill.' Broadside songs entitled "Sewing Machine" were printed by Glasgow Poet's Box, Disley of London and Pearson of Manchester. There 
is also a version in Healy's Old Irish Street Ballads, Vol 1. p. 261, which fits the tune well. Here is a sample verse: 
 
I chanced to fall in one day with a bewitching maid 
Her beauty put all other girls entirely in the shade 
With her rosy cheeks and eyes so black she looked just like a queen. 
From 9 till 6 just like a brick she works a sewing machine. 
(Chorus) 
She stole away my heart and I wish I'd never seen, 
The female fair with curly hair that worked the sewing machine. 

'''GB/7e/18 Team-Boy'''

[[File:GB-7e-18.mid]]

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X:18 
T:GB/7c/18 Team-Boy 
C:Noah Fisher, Tidenham (Tibenham?) 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
W: 
W: 
W:Two more lines: I'm keeping them clean, boys, to show in good colour 
W:I'm gaining a character of being a good fellow. 
L:1/4 
M:3/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:Ddor 
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w: I was a|team- boy I|drove a fine|team, * I|took great de *|light * in|keep- ing them|clean. I|rubbed them, I| 
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w: scrubbed them, lay|them down * to|rest.|I *|al- ways was *|think- ing the|right way * was|best.| 

'''GB/7e/19 Barley Mow'''

[[File:GB-7e-19.mid]]

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[[File:GB-7e-19.xml]]

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X:19 
T:GB/7e/19 Barley Mow 
C:Horseshoes 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
L:1/8 
Q:1/4=100 
M:6/8 
I:linebreak $ 
K:C 
G | c2 c cBA | GGF E2 G | AAA (cB)A |$ GGF E3 | c3 c3 | c3 cde | c3 c>de |$ c3 c3 | cde cde | 
w: We'll|all drink out of a|bar- rel my boys, a|bar- rel my boys, _ a|bar- rel my boys.|Barrel, *|* four * half|gallon, half a gallon,|quart, pint,|half a pint, stab- le pail| 
fef !fermata!d2 E |$ G2 G GEG | c2 d !fermata!e2 c | d>ed c2 B | c3- c2 |] 
w: and the brown bowl. We'll|drink succ- ess to the|mul- b'ry bush, Suc-|cess to the bar- ley|mow. _| 

'''GB/7e/20 Old King Cole'''

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X:20 
T:GB/7e/20 Old King Cole 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
C:Young Tupps 
W: 
W: 
W:Reverse order painter - brush slab it up and down the wall sailor - 
W: rope damn and b(last) the rope parson - book 
W: Lord have mercy upon us cobbler - awl 
W: bore a hole through the sole tailor - needle 
W: in and out of the coat drummer - drum rum a dum a dum harper - 
W: harp clang a lang a lang fifer - fife fi the fi the fi 
W: 
W: 
W:Editor's note: the text in the original MS is difficult to read and not written under the stave, 
W:so a degree of conjecture has had to be used. 
L:1/8 
Q:1/4=120 
M:4/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:Bb 
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w: (O)|Old King Cole was a|mer- ry old soul, and a|mer- ry old soul was|he. He|called for his pipe(?) and he|called for his glass and he| 
E2 EE F2 F2 | B,8 | B,2 C2 D2 E2 |$ FF F2 F2 FF | BB B2 B2 B2 | A8 |: B3 B B2 BB | B2 FF D2 F2 :| 
w: called for his fid- dlers|three.|Eve- ry fid- dler|has a fine fiddle and a|ve- ry fine fiddle had|he.|We the de the de|(de) went the fid- dler,| 
F2 |$ G3 G c2 B2 | A4 F3 F | d3 B c3 A | B2 d2 F2 DD | E2 E2 F2 F2 |$ B4 F3 F | d3 B c3 A | 
w: And|mer- ry we will|be, For there's|none so rare that|can com- pare With the|sons of har- mo-|nee, For there's|none so rare that| 
B2 d2 F2 DD | E2 E2 F2 F2 | B6 |] 
w: can com- pare With the|sons of har- mo-|nee.| 

'''GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven'''

[[File:GB-7e-21.mid]]

[[File:GB-7e-21.pdf]]

[[File:GB-7e-21.xml]]

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X:21 
T:GB/7e/21 Keys of Heaven 
C:Woods 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones 
W: 
W:O madam I present you a fine coach and six, 
W:Four black horses as black as any jet, 
W:If you will walk abroad with me, 
W:If you will walk abroad with me. 
W: 
W:O I won't accept (your fine coach and six 
W:Four black horses as black as any jet, 
W:And I won't walk abroad with you, 
W:And I won't walk abroad with you.) 
W: 
W:O madam I present you a fine easy chair, 
W:To set in the garden and take the morning air, 
W:If you will walk... O I won't... 
W: 
W:O madam I present you a fine silken gown, 
W:Four yards long all a-trailed on the ground, 
W:If you will walk... 
W: 
W:O I won't... 
W: 
W:O madam I present you a fine gold watch, 
W:To keep by your side to tell you what's the time, 
W:If you will walk... 
W: 
W:O I won't... 
W: 
W:O madam I present you the key of my chest, 
W:And all my gold jewels and jewels I possess, 
W:If you will walk... 
W: 
W:O I won't... 
W: 
W:O madam I present you the key of my heart, 
W:And married we will be and will never, never part, 
W:If you will walk... 
W: 
W:O I will accept (the key of your heart, 
W:And married we will be and will never, never part, 
W:And I will walk abroad with you, 
W:And I will walk abroad with you.) 
L:1/8 
Q:1/4=84 
M:4/4 
I:linebreak $ 
K:G 
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w: O|ma- dam I pre- sent you a|fine coach and six, Four|_ black hors- es as|black as an- y jet, If|you will walk a-|broad with me, If|you will walk a- broad with| 
G6 |] 
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