Annotation:Jack I'll Tickle Thee
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JACK I'LL TICKLE THEE. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was first printed in Charles and Samuel Thompson's third country dance collection (London, 1773). It was entered into the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [1] (about whom, unfortunately, little is known).
Source for notated version: The c. 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [Seattle].
Printed sources: Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 495. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 53.
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