Begin the Dance
X:1 T:Begin the Dance M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:T. Skillern - Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1782 (p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|F2D DED|dcB A3|g2e f2d|c2d ecA| F2D DFD|dcB A3|g2e f2d|faA d2:| |:d|aba afd|c2d ecA|aba afd|agf e2d| aba afd|c2d ecA|F2D DED|gfe d3:|]
X:2
T:Begin the Dance
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Thompson's 24 Country Dances for 1781
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, No. 179, p. 89)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A|F2D DED|dcB A3|g2e f2d|c2d ecA|
F2D DFD|dcB A3|g2e f2d|faA d2:|
|:d|aba afd|c2d ecA|aba afd|agf e2d|
aba afd|c2d ecA|F2D DED|gfe d3:|]
X:34
T:Begin the Dance. Roose.0680
B:J.Roose MS, Manchester 1850
N:Roose entered the same tune again as No. 177 [AK]
Z:Village Music Project 2019 Mike Hicken
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
K:D
A|F2D DED|dcB A3|g2e f2d|c2d ecA|
F2D DED|dcB A3|g2e f2d|faA d2:|
|:d|aba afd|c2d ecA|aba afd|agf e2d|
aba afd|c2d ecA|F2D DED|gfe d2:|