Prettiest Flower of All (The)

X:29
T:Prettiest Flower of All (The)
T:The Prettiest Little Song of All
% NFF Book 2018
C:F Belasco, (pub c.1885)
S:collected from John McKinnon, Ecklin South, Vic
S:John Meredith Collection, NLA; Bib ID 2052309
F:https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1885.23406.0?st=gallery
N:Older versions:
N:- Kerr's v.2 No 361, (c.1883) as "The Elk's Festival"
N:- Craig's Empire Coll. of Hornpipes, No 12 (c.1910) as "Elk's Hornpipe"
N:Other versions collected in Australia:
N:- By Rob Willis, from Cecil Chapman, Nulla Nulla, NSW as "Sam Chapman's Schottische" 
N:- Harry Schaefer MS, NLA, as "Elk's Festival"
N:- by John Meredith from Russel Teagh, Warners Bay, NSW, as "The Prettiest Song of All", see Folk Songs of Australia, Vol 2, p119
F:https://tunearch.org/wiki/Elk%27s_Festival_(The)
F:https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1885.23406.0?st=gallery
R:Schottische
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
(3afa|"D"b>a f>dA2d2|"A7"c2B3z(3afa|"A7"a>g e>cA2g2|"D"f6(3afa|
"D"b>a f>dA2d2|"A7"c2B3z e>f|g>e c>BA2f2|"D"d6zB|
"D"A>F A>d f>e d>c|"G"B>G B>d g>f e>d|"A7"c>B c>e b>a g>e|g>e- (3ecB "D"A2z2|
"D"A>F A>d f>e d>c|"Em"B>G B>c g>f e>d|"A7"c>B c>e a>g B>c|"D"d2f2d2:||

Prettiest Flower of All (The) - played by Ray Mulligan

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| John McKinnon | John Meredith Collection |