Annotation:In My Cottage Near the Wood

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 IN MY COTTAGE NEAR THE/A WOOD. AKA and see "Cheat (The)," "Coquette (3)," "Charles of Sweden," "Cheat or Swing," "Glorious First of August," "Frisky Jenny," "Pretty Polly (5)," "Tenth of June (The)," "Twenty-First of August," "Weavers' March (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Shropshire. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Kidson (1915) says the tune is that of an old French song and that the English title is a literal translation of the French title (see note for "Cheat (The)"). The tune appears in several musicians' manuscript collections and publications from the early 19th century, including the music manuscript collections of John Moore (Shropshire), the Browne collection (Lake District),  Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman].  Printed sources: Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 40b, p. 14. Riley (Flute Melodies), vol. 2, 1820(?); No. 137.  Recorded sources:

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