Lester's Tune-a-Day

A morris dance tune from Headington on the outskirts of Oxford. X:223 T:Hunting the Squirrel - Headington M:2/2 L:1/8 K:G |:GABc d2 B2|GABc d2 B2|GABc d2 B2|AGAB G4:|| |:d2 g2 f2 a2|g2 b2 d4|d3 e dcBA|G2 B2 G4:||

A morris dance tune from Headington on the outskirts of Oxford. X:221 T:Rodney - Headington M:2/2 L:1/8 K:G G2 AB c2 BA|GABc d2 BA|dedc B2 G2|AGAB G2 d2:|| d2 ge f2 d2|d2 ge f2 d2|d2 gf edcB|cedc B2 A2:||

A jig about which I know, and can find out, nothing. X:420 T:Hullichan Jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G D|G2 G BGB|ded B2 G|cBc ege|dBG A2 D| G2 G BGB|ded B2 g|fed cBA|G3 G2:| d|ded Bcd|e2 c e2 e|fgf def|gBd gfe| ded Bcd|ece gfe|ded cBA|G3 G2:||

A well-known tune originally from Mecklenburg in northern Germany and dates form the late 18th. century. X:419 T:Vedder Michel M:2/4 L:1/8 K:G G/A/|BG GA/B/|cA Ad/c/|BG GF/G/|A/G/ F/E/ DG/A/| BG GA/B/|cA Ad/c/|BG AF|G2 z|| B/c/|dB dg|ec cc/d/|ec ea|fd dd/c/| BG GA/B/|cA Ad/c/|BG AF|G2 z||

A morris dance tune from Brackley in Northamptonshire. X:418 T:Maid of the Mill, Brackley M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G |:D|GAG ABc|d2 c BAG|d2 c BAG|D2 A G2:| z|Bcd dcB|ABc cBA|Bcd dcB|G3 F2 D| GBd dcB|ABc cAD|d2 c BAG|D2 A G2||

To quote Brian Peters from whose CD I learned this tune 'a gorgeous seventeenth-century Dutch tune'. X:417 T:Studentenmarch S:Brian Peters Z:Christel van Noort M:4/4 L:1/8 K:D FG|:A2 AB A2 AB|AGFE D2 d2|c2 d2 e2 f2|edcB AFGA| B2 BA BcdB|A2 AB A2 dc|BAGF EDEF|D2 DD DEFE|1D6 FG:|2D6 cd|| |:e2 ef e2 ef|edcB A2 cd|e2 f2 g2 fg|e6 de| f2 fg f2 cd|edcd B2 de|f2 g2 f2 d2|edcd B2 ef| gfed edcB|B4 A2 Bc|d2 dc d2 cd|e2 ef e2 de| f2 f2 gfed|edcB AFGA|B2 BA Bcdc| A2 AB A2 dc|BAGF EDEF|D2 DD DEFE|D6 cd:||

An Adderbury morris tune composed by Chris Leslie in 2000. X:416 T:Le Halle Place C:Chris Leslie K:G M:4/4 L:1/8 G3 A B2 G2|E2 F2 G4|D2 G2 G2 AB|c2 B2 B2 A2| G3 A B2 G2|E2 F2 G4|d3 e dcBA|G2 B2 G4:|| d3 e dBGB|c2 c2 c4|B3 c d2 B2|AGFE D4| d3 e dBGB|c2 c2 c4|cBAG FGAF|G2 B2 G4:|