 The songbook cover states that the music was "founded on an old Cornish air".Katie introduces the original Furry Dance tune in the piano part just as the singer is describing the sound of the band, with its "cornet, clarinet and big trombone; fiddle, cello, big bass drum; bassoon, flute and euphonium".This is not strictly accurate as the Helston Town Band is a brass band and does not include clarinets, fiddles, cellos, bassoons or flutes.