Annotation:Ladies Favourite (The)
X:1 T:Lady’s Favourite M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:John Walsh – Caledonian Country Dances vol. II (1737, No. 314, p. 54) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A c2 (c/B/A)|d2 (d/c/B)|c2 (c/B/A)|GB B2|c2 (c/B/A)|d2 (d/c/B)| (c/d/e) (f/g/a)|cA A2:||a2 (a/g/f)|g2 (g/f/e)|f2 (f/e/d)|ce e2| a2 (a/g/f)|g2 (g/f/e)|(c/d/e) (f/g/a)|cA A2||(cA)(fd)|(ec)(dB)| (cA)(dB)|GB B2|(cA)(fd)|(ec)(dB)|(c/d/e) (f/g/a)|cA A2||
LADIES FAVOURITE. AKA - "Lady's Favourite." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Lady's Favourite" was also entered in 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. It also can be found in the music copybook of Welsh fiddler John Thomas, dated 1752.
