Off She Goes

X:35
T:Off She Goes
% NFF Book 2020
T:Humpty Dumpty
% Bush Traditions recording played by Roland Clarke
C:trad English
S:see also The Convict Dance Music Research Project, by Dr. Heather Blasdale-Clarke at QUT
N:Other versions:
N:Thomas Calvert - Marches & Quick Steps, Strathspeys & Reels (1799, p. 1
N: Many versions have been published or recorded in manuscripts over the past 200 years.
N:Alexander Laing Ms, Tasmanian State Archives, p36, No 169, (1863),as "Off She Goes"
N:James Kerr "Merry Melodies" v.1, No 240, (p29 s.0 #14), (c.1880), as "Off She Goes"
Z:arranged by Roland Clarke, 2019
H:This tune was referenced in:
H: POLICE INCIDENTS. (1833, September 2). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p2.
B:H.E Clarke, Social Dance and Early Australian Settlement, PhD Thesis, QUT, 2018,
%O:Australia, NSW, Sydney
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
|:F2A G2B|ABc d2A|F2A G2B|AFDE3|F2AG2B|ABc d2e|f2dg2f|edcd3:|
|:faf d2f|gbg e2g|faf d2f|ecA A2g|faf d2f|gbg e2g|f2d g2f|edc d3:|

Off She Goes - played by Roland Clarke

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Roland Clarke | Convict Dance and Music Research Project | Alexander Laing |