Breeches Loose (2)

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X:1 T:Breeches Loose [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin A|BdB cAc|BGG G2A|BdB cAc|AFF F2A| BdB cAc|Bdg f2e|dcB (A/B/c)A|BGG G2:| |:A|Bd(f f)dB|fdB fdB|ce(g g)ec|gec gec| Bd(f f)dB|bag fdB|(c/d/e)c (A/B/c)A|BGG G2:||

X:13 T:Breeches Loose. Roose.0013 B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850 Z:Village Music Project 2019 Eric Conrad M:6/8 Q:3/8=120 L:1/8 N:From Fiddlers' Companion: N:First published in John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country N:Dances, v5 (1748). It apparently became associated with N:the next tune, 'Petticoat Loose', when the two were published on the same N:page in Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, v1 (1757). N: -- see Fiddlers' Companion for more information. K:Gm |: A | BdB AcA | BGG G2A | BdB cAc | AFF F2A | BdB cAc | Bdg f2e | dcB ABc | BGG G2 :| |: A | Bdf fdB | fdB fdB | ceg gec | gec gec | Bdf fdB | bag fdB | cec AcA | BGG G2 :|