Annotation:Catching of Fleas (The)

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 CATCHING OF FLEAS, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, North-West. F Major ('A' part) & D Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Sharp): AABB (Knowles). "Catching of Fleas" first appears in Playford's Dancing Master, fourth edition (1670), and was retained in the long-running series through the 10th edition of 1698. It was dropped from subsequent editions, along with the similarly titled (and perhaps companion tune?) "Catching of Quails". Source for notated version: Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 196, p. 52. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 119. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 37 Recorded sources:

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