Annotation:Kriden Fair
X:1 T:Kriden Fair T:Cleiden Fair M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D DFA d2f|ecA BdB|AFD G2B|AFD EGE| DFA d2e|fdf ecA|dfa cea|dcB A2:| |:Ace Ace|EFG GFE|Bdf Bdf|BAG FED| DdA FDF|EeB GEF|GBe FAd|GFE D3:|]
KRIDEN FAIR. AKA - "Cleiden Fair." AKA and see "Croydon Fair (1)." English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig was first printed as "Croydon Fair (1)," in Richard Baldwin's periodical London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer of June, 1756 (p. 293), with directions for a country dance. Matt Seattle notes that another version of the tune is to be found in the Joseph Joice music manuscript (1794), where it is called "Cleiden Fair."
