Anika, you'll find this tune in the same way that I described for O'Sullivan's March. Interestingly this is another example of a tune used for children's song. The alternative tune names are 'Piss Upon The Grass' or 'Piss On The Grass'. Regards, John X: 1 T:Nancy Dawson T:Piss on the Green M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:155 S:George Spencer m/s, Leeds,1831 R:Jig O:Traditional - England A:Leeds N: Nancy Dawson is the tune now used for our children's song "Here we N: go 'round the Mulberry Bush". The real Nancy Dawson, for whom the N: song was written, was a popular stage dancer in 18th Century England. N: A biography of Nancy Dawson was published in 1760. She died in 1767 N: and was buried in the Chapel of St. George the Martyr, Queen Square, N: Bloomsbury, where her tombstone says N: only, "Here lies Nancy N: Dawson". This well-known dance tune appeared in performances of N: John Gay's ballad opera The Beggar's Opera (1729) K: C %%titlefont Wyld-Bold 20 %%subtitlefont Wyld 16 %%partsfont Wyld-Bold 12 %%gchordfont Wyld 12 %%infofont Wyld-Italic 14 %%textfont Wyld 12 %%vocalfont Wyld-Bold 13 %%wordsfont Wyld 14 %%headerfont Wyld 12 %%footerfont Wyld 12 K:G Major G2GG2B | d2BG2B | A2BA2B | A2G FED | G2GG2B | d2BG2B | A2GF2E | D3"cr"D3 |] P:Chorus [| A2BA2B | A2G FED | B2cd2e | d2g (dBG) | c2Bc2d | e2f (gfe) | dcB AGF | G3"cr"G3 |] W: VERSE: W: Of all the girls in our town W: The black , the fair , the red, the brown W: That dance and prance it up and down, W: There's none like Nancy Dawson W: CHORUS: W: Her easy mien, her shape so neat W: She foots, she trips, she looks so sweet W: Her every motion's so complete W: I die for Nancy Dawson
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