Annotation:Cupid's Waltz

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X:1 T:Cupid's Waltz M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Waltz K:G D2|GFGABc|d2B2B2|c2A2A2|B2G2D2|GFGABc|d2B2B2|c2A2F2|G4:| |GB|d4 Bd|e4 ge|dedcBA|B2G2 GB|d4 Bd|e4 ge|dedcBA|G4|| g2|fa d2f2|gb d2g2|fa d2f2|g4 GB|d4 Bd|e4 ge|dedcBA|G4||



CUPID'S WALTZ. AKA - "Cubit's Waltz." AKA and see: "Duchess of Bedford Waltz (1)," "Salamanca Waltz." English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. Peter Kennedy notes that the tune is used for a child's singing game called "Poor Mary sits a-weeping." A version of the waltz was entered into the c. 1850 music manuscript collection of Manchester, England, musician biography:John Roose (parts reversed from Kennedy's version).

The waltz section of the barn dance "Swedish Masquerade" is similar to "Cupid's Waltz."

X: 1
T:Swedish Masquerade
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/demo/Tunes/Jigs1SevenStars.abc	 
K: Gmaj
"D"DEF2 | "G"G4G3G | G4 "Am"ABc2 | "G/B"B4B3B | B4"Am"c2e2 |
"C"e2d2B2d2 | "D"d2c2 A2F2 | "G"G4 G3G | G4 :|
M:3/4
|: "D"Bc | "G"d2B2"C"ge | "G"d2B2ed | "C"c2A2Ac | "G"BA GA "Am"Bc |
"G"d2B2 "C"ge | "G/B"d2B2"Em"ed | "C"c2A2"D"F2 | G4 :|
M:2/4
L:1/8
|: "D"B>c | "G"dB "C"g>e | "G"dB "G/B"GB/c/ | "C"dc Ac | "D"ed BB/c/ |
"G"dB "C"g>e | "G"dB "G/B"GA/B/ | "C"dc "D"AF | "G"G2 :|


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book, vol. 1), 1951; No. 70, p. 34. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 132.






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