Going Courting

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X:28
T:Going Courting
% NFF Book 2010
S:collected from Eileen McCoy, Gunns Valley, Tasmania
N:transcribed by Maggie Duncan
B:Stuart Graham & Julie Edwards, "A selection of Tasmanian Tunes", booklet prepared for the NFF, 2010
N:Other versions were collected in Australia from:
N: - Caroline Pratley, Kerrs Creek, as "The Rich Mazurka" by John Meredith
N: - Colin Charlton, Cookamidgera, as "Waratah", by Rob Willis
N: - Frank Creenaune, Gilgrandra, as "Lanky Long Legs", by John Meredith
N: - Harry Schaeffer MS, Forbes, as "Waratah Mazurka", NLA
N: - Jack Heagney Castlemaine, as "Jack Heagney's Polka Mazurka" by Peter Ellis
N: - Kurtz family, Mudgee, as "Waratah Mazurka" by John Meredith
N: - Rita Garbutt, Goulburn, as "Rita's Mazurka" by John Meredith
O:Australia, Tas, Gunns Valley
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Polka Mazurka
K:G
B>A || "G" G2D2 B>A | G2D2 B>A | G>F G>F G>E | "D7" F4 c>B |
 A2 D2 c>B |A2 D2 c>B | A>G A>G A>c | "G" B4 B>c | 
"G" d>c d>c B>d | "C" c4 A>B | "D7"c>B c>B A>c | "G" B4 B>A |
 G2D2 d>c |"C" B2 E2 E>c | "D7" A3 B A2 | "G" G4 ||



Going Courting - played by Greg O'Leary

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Eileen McCoy |