Annotation:Harly Bush Fair

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HARLY BUSH FAIR. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Harly Bush Fair' is properly Harlow Bush Fair, held on a common two miles from the town of Harlow, Essex. It was the site of three fairs during the year: in mid-May for wool, the end of November for horses and cattle, and in early September for the well-known Harlow Bush Fair.

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Printed sources : - John Johnson (A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1750; No. 198. Moffat & Kidson (Dances of the Olden Time), 1912; p. 42. John Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances vol. II), c. 1737; No. 346, p. 86.

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