X:533030
T:Down in the West Country
S:Mrs Marina Russell, Upwey coll. HED Hammond
O:England
A:Dorset
N:Transcribed from HAM-02-243.gif
F:HAM-05-33-03.abc
Z:EFDSS;PJHeadford
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=45
K:G
D|GDD&xGx|GGB|dBe|cAB|GDD|G2B|dAB|
G2D|GDD&xGx|G"<("">)"BB&xGx|dBe|\
cAB|GDD|G>A B/ c/|dAB|
G2B/c/|ddd|d2d|ecA|B2D/ D/|BB B3/4 A/4|GAB|
cA>G|G/F/DD|GDD|G>A B/c/|dAB|G2||
W:Transcribed from HAM-02-243.gif - Hammond's field notes.
W:Words below from HAM-02-018.gif - Hammond's field notes.
W:The MIDI file HAM-05-33-03.mid contains two verses, the
W:second using the alternative notes.
W:
W:Down in the W. Country there lived a young couple
W:A man & a maid so gallant and gay
W:Longtime they had courted but never talked of marriage
W:Till at length the young damsel to her true love did say
W:"Come, come tell to me what is it you do mean
W:For of courting I am weary, resolved for to marry
W:Or else from your company I must refrain"
W:
W:"Oh! Madam, I tell you I do love you dearly
W:And above all things your company I requite
W:But before I do leave you, I must tell you plainly
W:I must forsake your sweet company quite
W:For when a man's wed, his joys are all fled
W:He's bound from liberty, tied to all slavery
W:So I've a mind to go free & not wed"
W:
W:Then she wrote to her true love a charming rich letter
W:To come to her wedding on the 19th of June
W:And that he might do instead of a better
W:To wait at the table all on the bridegroom.
W:A few lines he read, his head did quite bleed
W:His mirth was soon turned to sorrow & mourning
W:Crying out 'Foolish, I have lost her indeed

X:533031
T:Down in the West Country
S:Mrs Marina Russell, Upwey coll. HED Hammond
O:England
A:Dorset
N:Transcribed from HAM-05-104.gif
F:HAM-05-33-03.abc
Z:EFDSS;PJHeadford
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=45
K:G
D|GDD&xGx|GGB|dBe|cAB|GDD|G2B|dAB|
G2D|GDD&xGx|GBB&xGx|dBe|cAB|GDD|G>A B/ c/|
GAB|cA>G|G/F/DD|GDD|GA B/c/|dAB|G2||
W:Transcribed from HAM-05-104.gif - Purslow's transcription.

X:533033
T:Down in the West Country
S:Mrs Marina Russell, Upwey coll. HED Hammond
O:England
A:Dorset
N:Transcribed from HAM-02-243
F:HAM-05-33-03.abc
Z:EFDSS;PJHeadford
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=45
K:G
D|GDD|GGB|dBe|cAB|GDD|G2B|dAB|
G2D|GDD|G"<("">)"BB|dBe|\
cAB|GDD|G>A B/ c/|dAB|
G2B/c/|ddd|d2d|ecA|B2D/ D/|BB B3/4 A/4|GAB|
cA>G|G/F/DD|GDD|G>A B/c/|dAB|G2||
D|GGD|GGB|dBe|cAB|GDD|G2B|dAB|
G2D|GGD|G"<("">)"GB|dBe|\
cAB|GDD|G>A B/ c/|dAB|
G2B/c/|ddd|d2d|ecA|B2D/ D/|BB B3/4 A/4|GAB|
cA>G|G/F/DD|GDD|G>A B/c/|dAB|G2||
W:The MIDI file HAM-05-33-03.mid is generated from this vesrion of the the tune
W:It contains two verses, the second using the alternative notes.