Cuckolds All a Row — Sharp’s complete upper melody

• Keep the two compound pulses steady.
• Hold tied notes without a second attack.

Composer: Traditional dance tune; piano arrangement by Cecil J. Sharp.

Published: Sharp, Country Dance Tunes, Set III, No. 16, p. 14, copyright 1911; public domain. Printed title: Hey, Boys, Up Go We; Sharp’s 1913 Part II, p. 10 supplies the Cuckolds alias.

Transposition: Original C major uniformly up M2: soprano D major, D4–E5; native alto G major, G4–A5.

Prepare compound metre, semiquavers and ties through Lesson 31.

Notes Used: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, C#5, D5, E5

Notes Used: G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5

Time Signature: 6/8 · Key: D major

Time Signature: 6/8 · Key: G major

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