X: 1
T: The Beginning of the World
O: England, 1590
R: jig
N: This tune has changed considerably since Playford's time.
S: William Byrd's arrangement appears in Lady Neville's Manuscript book of 1590
B: Playford, 3rd edition (1657)
B: Karpeles & Schofield p.17 (in C), p.50 (in D)
B: Barnes (in C)
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
P: Play 5 times.
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Vintage/EarlyAmJigs.abc	 2024-06-01 193741 UT
K: C
z \
| "G7"G3 G>AB | "C"c3 c>de | "F"d2c "G7"B>AB | "C"c3- c>BA \
| "G7"G3 G>AB | "C"c3 c>de | "F"d2c "G7"B>AB | "C"c3- c3 ||
|: d \
| "C(Am)"e3 e>dc | "G(Dm)"d3- d2c | "G"B>cd d>cB | "F"A3 "G7"d2B \
| "F"c>dc "G7"B2G | "F"A>Bc "G7"B2G | "Am"A2G "D7"^F>EF | "G"G3- G2 :|