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 Theme code Index    1H531 6432
 Also known as    Dusky Night Rides Down the Sky, Happy Captive (The), Hunting We Will Go (A)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    ABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 4
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 103, p. 52
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1780
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 Score   (1)   




X: 1 T:Dusky Night THO4.103 M:6/8 L:1/8 Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2010/11.from a transcription by Fynn Titford-Mock 2007 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances Volume IV. Q:3/8=100 K:D A|d2 d A2 G|F>EF D2 A|B2 A G2 F|(F3 E2) E| A2 A B2 B| c>Bc A2 A|d2 d e2 e|f>ef d2 A| (B>cd) (e>fg)| A>Bc d2 A|B2 B A>GA|D3 D2:| |:F/D/|A2 A A2 A|A3-A2 B/A/|d2 d (d>ef)| d3-d2 A/A/| (B>cd) (e>fg)| A>Bc d2 A/A/| B2 G A2 A|D3-D2:|


X: 1 T:Dusky Night,The JJo.030 S:J.Jones MS,1801,N.Shrops. A:N Shropshire Z:Neil Brookes M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 K:F c|f2fc2c|AGA F2c|d2c BAB|A3zzF|! c2cd2d|ede c2c|f2fg2g|aga f2c|! def gab|cde f2c|d2Bc2c|F3zzF|! c2cc2c|c3zzc|f2ff2f|f3zzc|! def gab|cde f2c|d2Bc2c|F3zz|]


X: 1 T:Dusky Night,The. JGi.102 O:Tealby,Lincolnshire T:A Hunting We will Go, aka. M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=110 S:Joshua Gibbons MS,1823,Tealby,Lincs. R:jig Z:VMP/R.Greig, 2009 K:F c2|f2fc2B|A>G AF2c|d2cB2A|(A3G2)G| c2cd2d|e>d ec2c|f2fg2g|a>gaf2c| (d>ef) g>ab|c>def2c|d2d c>B c| c3zzF/F/|c2cc2c|c3zzc/c/|f2f f>ga| f3zzc/2c/2|(d>ef) g>ab|c>de Hf2c/c/|d2d cHBc|F2||


X: 1 T:Dusky Night. JC.226 T:A-Hunting We Will Go, aka. JC.226 R:air S:John Clare,Poet,Helpstone (1793-1864) N:MR. Bar 8,following the dotted qu,a qu in Ms is given here as a N:semi-qu.. N:No TS given: 2/4 added. N:Song text exists. See Deacon. O:England A:Northamptonshire Z:vmp.P. Headford M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 K:D A|d2dA2G|\ F>EFD2A|B2AG2F|F3E2E|A2AB2B|! c>BcA2A|d2de2e|f>efd2A|(B>cd) (e>fg)|(A>B)cd2A|! B2B A>GA|D3zzD/D/|A2AA2A|" crot"A3zzA/A/|d2d d>ef|! d3zzA/A/|(B>c)d (e>f)g|(A>B)cd2A/A/|B2G A>GA|D3zz|]


X: 1 T:Dusky Night. EHo.171 A:England; East Yorkshire T:A Hunting We Will Go,aka.. EHo.171 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 B:Edward Holmes MS, c1846, Beverley, Yorkshire. N:NB1 = marked as quaver and semiquaver rest in ms C:Dr Arne O: Z:Village Music Project 2018, Jake Wade. Beverley, East Yorks F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/HolmesE/Holmes%20-Wade.abc K:F c | f2f c2B | (A>GA) F2c | d2c B2A | (A3 G2)G | c2c d2d | (e>de) c2c | f2f g2g | (a>g)a f2c | (d>e).f (g>a)b | c>de f2c | d2d c>Bc | F3"NB1"z F/F/ | c2cc2c | c3z2c/c/ | f2f f>ga | f3z2c/c/ | (d>e).f (g>a)b | (c>d).e !fermata!f2c | d2B {d}c>Bc | F3F2 |]


X:1 T:Dusky Night M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Bruce & Emmett's Drummers' and Fifers' Guide (1862) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (3A/B/c/ | d2d A2G | FEF DFA | B2A G2F | F3 E2A | A^GA BAB | cdc A2A | dcd ede | faf d2A | Bcd efg | Bed CBA | d2F A2A | F D2 z2z ||: D/F/ | A2A ABA | A3 Az (3A/B/c/ | d2d dfe | (d3 d)zA | Bcd efg | Bed cBA | d2F A2A | F D2 z2z :||