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 Theme code Index    551H5 5525L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 5
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 38
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
 Artist    
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 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:India Bill, The M:6/8 L:1/8 N:"Dances 1785" R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 38) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d|ded dBG|gfe d2d|ded dBG|AFD D2d| ded dBG|gfe fed|AB^c dfa|{a}gfe d2:| |:d|ded dBG|=fe^d e2e|e^fe e^cA|gfe f2f| gdb afd|ecg fdB|cAe dBG|{B}AGF G2:|]


X:25 T:India Bill. Roose.0168, The N:same tune on p.38 in Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol.5 (London, 1788). N:the asterisked F# in bar 13 is G in the published source. M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 B:John Roose MS, 1850 Z:Village Music Project. Ian Hayden 2019 K:G d|ded dBG|gfe d2d|ded dBG|AFD D2d| ded dBG|gfe fed|AB^c dfa|{a}gfe d2:| |:d|ded dBG|=fe^d e2e|e^fe e^cA|gfe f2g| "*"fdb afd|ecg fdB|cAe dBG|{B}AGF G2:|