Honeymoon (Country Dance)

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X:1 T:Honey Moon, The T:Honeymoon [Country Dance], The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance N:”A Favorite Country Dance B:John Pringle – A Second Collection of Strathspeys, Reels & Jiggs &c. (c. 1805) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D Addd|dffa|gfed|ce A2|Addd|dffa|{a}gfge|d2-d2:| |:d>A {BAG}A2|G>d {edc}d2|AFED|CE {FE^D}E2|d>A {BAG}A2|G>d {edc}de|f>ge>f|d2-d2:|]

X:1 T:Honey Moon [3], The M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Seth Johnson – Woburn Fife Manuscript (c. 1807-40?, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D Addd|dffa|gfed|ce A2|addd|dffa|gfge|d2d2:| |:dA A2|Bd d2|AGED|C>E E2|dA A2|Bcde|fgef|d2d2:|

X:1 T:Honey Moon [Country Dance] M:2/4 L:1/8 S:From Ann Winnington's music manuscript book (No. 18), c. 1810 N:The frontispiece of the MS indicates Winnington lived in New York Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D Addd | dffa | gfed | ce e2 | Addd | dfag | fgef | d2d2 :| |: dA A2 | Bd d2| AFED | CE E2 | dA A2 | Bcde | fgef | d2d2 :||

X:1 T:Honey Moon, The T:Honeymoon [Country Dance], The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:William Cahusac – The German Flute Preceptor (c. 1814, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dggg|gbbd'|c'bag|fa d2|dggg|gbbd'|c'bc'a|g2g2:| |:gd d2|eg g2|dBAG|FA A2|gd d2|egga|bc'ab|g2g2:|]

X:56 C:Page 29 T:Honey Moon. MBe.56 A:England;Cumbria;Towcett B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=100 R: N:Someone has written in a different hand alongside the title, "Honeymoon" N:NB-This 'a' could be a 'g' K:G dggg gbbd'|c'bag fa d2|dggg gbbd'|c'ba"^NB"a g2 g2:| |:gd d2 efge|dBAG FA A2|gd d2 efgg|gc'ab g2 g2:|

X:2 T:Honey Moon [Country Dance] M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:"Allegro" R:Country Dance B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 111) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D Addd|dffa|gfed|ce A2|Addd|dffa|gfrge |d2D2:| |:dA A2|Bd d2|AFED|CE E2|dA A2|Bdde|fgef|d2d2:|]

X:1 T:Dance in the Honey Moon M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 37) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 446) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G DGGG|GBBd|cBcA|GFFD|DGGG|GBBd|cAGF G2G2:| |:GD D2|EG G2|dBAG|FA A2|GD D2|EGGA|BcAB|G2G2:|

X:3 T:Honey Moon [Country Dance], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|(Ad).d.d (df)fa|gfed ceA2|(Ad).d.d (df).f.a|gfge d2d:| |:f|(dA) A2 (Bc) d2|AFED (DE)E2|(dA).A.A (Bc).d.e|fgef d2d:|]

X:1 T:Honey Moon [Country Dance] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 623) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D Addd|dffa|gfed|ce A2|Addd|dffa|gfge|d2D2:| |:dA A2|Bd d2|AFED|CE E2|dA A2|Bdde|fgef|d2d2:|]

X:1 T:Honey Moon [Country Dance], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|Addd dffa|gfed ce A2|Addd dffa|gfge d2d:| |:A|dAA2 BcdB|AFED CEE2|dAA2 Bcde|fgef d2d:|

X:1 T:Honeymoon, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B: Robbins Music Corp. – “The Robbins collection of 200 jigs, reels and country B:dances” (New York, 1933; No. 75, p. 24) B: https://digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/the-robbins-collection-of-200-jigs-reels-and-country-dances-for-piano-violin-flute-or-mandolin/1128796?item=1155130 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D/-G/.G/.G/ G/B/d/B/|c/B/A/G/ F/A/.A|D/-G/.G/.G/ G/B/d/B/|c/B/A/B/ .G.G:| |:g/-d/.d e/f/g/e/|d/B/A/G/ F/-A/.A|G/-D/.D E/F/G/A/|B/c/A/B/ .G.G:|