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X:1 T:Our Pleasure M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:George Bush music manuscript (c. 1770's) K:A a2g afe|f2f e3|agf eedc|Bcd cBA| a2g afe|f2f e3|agf edc|BAG A3:| |:EGB dcB|ceg aec|EGB dcB|edc B2e| a2a aec|f2f e3|agf edc|BAG A3:|]


OUR PLEASURE. AKA and see "Installation (2) (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances (London, 1780, p. 95) under the title "The Installation," although the Thompsons had earlier printed another tune and dance with that tile (for which see "Installation (1) (The)."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - the c. 1782 music manuscript collection of Captain George Bush (1753-1797), a fiddler and officer in the Continental Army of the American Revolution [Keller].

Printed sources : - Keller (Fiddle Tunes from the American Revolution), 1992; p. 21.





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