Annotation:Alderman's Hat (The)
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X:50 T:Alderman's Hat. THO4.050, The A:England; London O: M:2/4 L:1/8 Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2010/11.from a transcription by Fynn Titford-Mock 2007 B:Thompson's Compleat Coll. of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vol.IV. 1773-80 Q:1/4=140 K:Gm D|G B2 G|^F d2 D|G B2 G|^F A2 D|G B2 G|^F g2 c|B2A2|G3:| |:d|f g2 f|g b2 d|c f2 c|f a2 c|B e2 d/c/|d g2 c|B2A2|G3:|
ALDERMAN'S HAT, THE. A country dance melody published before 1730. It also appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 4 (London, 1780), and, in modern times, Michael Raven's English Country Dance Tunes (1984, p. 29).
