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The Happy Farmer jig

Also known as The Happy Clown.

There is 1 recording of this tune.

The Happy Farmer has been added to 1 tune set.

The Happy Farmer has been added to 18 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Happy Farmer
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
D|:G2A B2c|d2 d d2 g|f2 e d2 c|B2 A G2 D|
G2 A B2 c|d2 d d2 g|fed ed^c|1 d3 d2 D:|2 d3d2 d||
|:dB=c d2 e|dcB c2 c|cAB c2d|cBA B2 d|
g2 d g2 d|gfe d2 c|BAG AGF|1 G3 G2 d:|2 G3 G3||
2
X: 2
T: The Happy Farmer
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
dBc ded|dcB c3|cAB cdc|cBA B2d|
g2d g2d|gfe d2c|BAG A2F|G3 G3:|
# Added by hetty .
3
X: 3
T: The Happy Farmer
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
D|:G2A BAG|d2 d d2 g|f2 e d2 c|B2 A G2 D|
G2 A BAG|d2 d d2 g|fed ed^c|1 d3 d2 D:|2 d3d2 d||
|:dB=c ded|dcB c3|cAB cdc|cBA B2 d|
g2 d g2 d|gfe d2 c|BAG A2F|1 G3 c2 d:|2 G3 G3||

Four comments

The Happy Farmer

A breezy jig which I learnt from The Northumbrian Pipers’ Tune Book. I don’t know where it originates.

The first bar could advantageously go - |G2 A BAG|

That’s how I’ve always played it and my B music is as:
dBc ded | dcB c3 | cAB cdc | cBA B2d | g2d g2d | gfe d2c | BAG A2F | G3 G3 :||

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Re: The Happy Farmer

Also known as The Happy Clown.

John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth, London, 1740, No. 26
James Oswald – The Caledonian Pocket Companion, Vol. 2