Annotation:Folly Dance (The)
X:1 T:Folly Dance, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 36) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A c|ABA ecA|aec ecA|dfd cec|dBG dBG| ABA ecA|aec ecA|dfd Bbg|aec A2:| |:(f/g/)|aed cea|dfa cea|ecA fdc|dBB B2B| cAc dBd|ece fdf|geg (a/g/f/g/)a|ecA A2:|]
FOLLY DANCE (THE). English, Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is unique to London publisher Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson's Compleat Collection, vol. 5 (1788). The jig was also entered into the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.
