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Tune 466 - O Little Town of Bethlehem

Merry Christmas 2016 to all the blog followers Popular Christmas carol tune written by church organist Lewis Redner,  of Philadelphia  (1831-1908). X:466 T:O Little Town of Bethlehem M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G D2|G2 G2 G2 A2|BABc d2 B2|c2 BG A2 A2|G6:| GB|d3 e dc BA|GA Bc d2 D2|G2 B2 A2 G2|D4 z2 D2| G2 G2 G2 A2|BABc d2 B2|c2 BG A2 A2|G6||

Tune 464 - Lichfield Tattoo

Written down by a player in the Belper New Militia Regimental Band around 1820. X:81 T:Lichfield Tattoo M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G BB|B2 AA A2 cc|c2 BB B2 GG|G2 F2 G2 A2|BA Bc B2 BB| B2 AA A2 cc|c2 BB B2 c2|de dc B2 A2|G4:| B2 c2|d3 e de de|c3d cd cd|B3c Bc Bc|A6 AB| c2 Ac B2 GB| A6 AB|c2 Ac B2 GB|A6 Bc| d3 e de de|c3d cd cd|B3c Bc Bc|A6 AB| c2 Ac B2 GB|A6 AB|c2 Ac B2 GB|A6|]

Tune 463 - South Wind

South Wind was written in the 1700s by "Freckled Donal Macnamara" in homesickness for his homeland in County Mayo. X:67 T:The South Wind L:1/4 M:3/4 K:G c|B>A G|B>c d|A2 A|A2 c|B>A G|E>D E|G2 G|G2:| d|g2 g|g>f e|d2 d|d2 c|B>A G|B>c d|A2 A|A2 d| g2 g|g>f e|d2 d|d2 c|B>A G|A<c F|G3-|G2:|