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X: 1
T: Jones' Musical Party (1)
T:   Verse 1
C: Written and sung by Harry Clifton.
C: Arranged by Michael Hobson.
S: Period sheet music published by Hopwood and Crew, serial number 1117
Z: by Artful Codger
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
Q: 1/4=160 "Tempo di Valse"
K: Bb
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%    First half
B/ B/ | A ^G A | c G> A | F B2 | z z A | G G G | c c> B |
w: Mrs_ Jones gave a mu-si-cal par-ty, And friends she in-vi-ted them
A3- | A z F/ F/ | d (^c d) | e A> G | F d2- | d z d |
w: all._ There was old Mr_ Bon-ner so hear-ty_ And
d c> G | B A> F | B3- | B z F | F F F | G G G |
w: young Mr_ Jen-kins so tall,_ And si-nging young La-dies they
A B c | c B> F | F F F | G G G | A G A | B2 z |
w: came by the do-zen, With half a crown co-pies tied up in a roll.
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%    Second half
F F F | G G G | A B c | d B (B/c/) | d e> d | d c G |
w: Hand-some Miss John-son, her bro-ther and cou-sin, And* Ban-ker who prates of his
A G> A | B2 || B | A ^G A | c G> A | F B2 | z z (B/A/) |
w: mu-si-cal soul. And ve-ry queer songs they were si-nging If*
G G G | c c> B | A3- | A z F/ F/ | d ^c d | (e2 G) |
w: I can re-mem-ber a few,_ As they are in my ears_
F d2 | z z d | d c> G | B A> F | B3- | B2 ||
w: ring-ing, I'll try and re-peat them to you_
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%    Return to part A (for verse 1 only) omitted

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X: 2
T: Jones' Musical Party (2)
T: Verse 2: "Oh would I were a bird"
C: Words by Harry Clifton. Music by Charles Blamphin.
Z: by Artful Codger
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=120
K: Eb
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%    Oh would I were a bird
B | e d c B | A3 F | d c B A | G2 z G | c B A G |
w: "Oh would I were a bird," Now was not that ab-surd To hear a la-dy
F F F> G | A> G A c | {=A}B2 z B | e d c B | A3 F |
w: sing-ing, She would like to be a bird. How ve-ry strange to see, Her
d c B A | G2 z G | F A A c | B3 =B | d/ d/ c A F/ F/ |
w: perch'd u-pon a tree, And screw-ing up her mouth, To whis-tle some new me-lo-
E3 z/ F/ | F B =A c | B3 z | G c =B d | c2 z c | c> c d e |
w: dy Could she get a-ny rest Tuck'd up in a nest, And feed-ing on ca-
e d d B | d c G A | B2-HB B/ B/ | e d c B | A3 F |
w: na-ry seed And chick-weed of the best._ So I thought it so ab-surd, To
d c B A | G2 z G | F A A c | B e e f | e d c d | e3 ||
w: wish she was a bird, But that was not the on-ly ve-ry fun-ny song I heard.

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X: 3
T: Jones' Musical Party (3)
T: Verse 3: "Oh if I had someone to love me"
C: Words by Harry Clifton. Music by Frederick Buckley?
Z: by Artful Codger
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=96
K: Eb
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%    Oh If I had someone to love me
HB2 | c B G E D E | G F2-F (FE) | D F A c B A | G3-G G A |
w: Oh if I had some-one to love me,_ I_ thought it would be a hard case._ If she
c B G E D E | G F2-F z E | D F A c B D | E3 z2 G |
w: e-ver found some-one to love her_ She made such a fun-ny gri-mace, She
G G G G A G | G c2 z2 c | =B A G F E D | C3 z2 F |
w: wan-ted some-one to share trou-ble, Their care to the winds she would fling And
F F F F G F | F B2 z (=AG) | (FG) F C E> D | B,3-HB, (G_A) |
w: change her from sin-gle to dou-ble So_ she_ con-ti-nued to sing_ Oh_
c B G E D E | G F2 z (FE) | D F A c B F | G3-G (GA) |
w: if I had some-one to love me, I_ thought tho' it may be too bad_ If_
c B G E D E | (F c2) z Hd c | B E F (G{B}A) D | E3-E2 x ||
w: 'twould put an end to her sing-ing We'd be sa-tis-fied if_ she had._

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X: 4
T: Jones' Musical Party (4)
T: Verse 4: "Oh! Jerusalem!"
C: Existing comic song; origin unknown to transcriber
Z: by Artful Codger
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=120
K: Eb
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%    "Oh! Jerusalem!"
|: LB2 z A | G> A B> G | F> G A> G | F> G A2 |
w: Oh Je-ru-sa-lem! Je-ru-sa-lem! Je-ru-sa-lem!
   LB2 z A | G> A B> G | E> F G> E | (F2 E) z :|
w: Oh Je-ru-sa-lem! the cos-ter-mon-ger's don-key.