Black Boy (1) (The)

X:1 T:The Black Boy L:1/8 M:2/4 S:Ashover MS (1762) K:A A2 c/B/A/G/|acea|gbed|c A2 B|ce^df|e g2 e|fa g/f/e/^d/|e2 E2:| L:1/8 M:2/4 K:D A|d2d c2d|efe efg|d2d c2d|ecA A2A|d2d c2d|efd efg|afd gec|d2d d2:|
 * e =g2 f|f/e/d/c/ d2|B d2 f|e/d/c/B/ c2|A c2 e|d/c/B/A/ GB|Ed c/B/A/G/|A2 A,2:|
 * e|f2f fdf|g2g geg|f2f fdf|ecA A2g|faf def|gbg efg|afd gec|d2d d2:||

 BLACK BOY, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 and 6/8 times). A Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Major ('C' and 'D' parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD'. The tune appears in a music manuscript from the village of Ashover, Derbyshire, dated 1762. Some of the contents (including "The Black Boy") were published published by the Sheffield branch of the English Folk Dance Society in 1927 in a small volume called Five Country Dances together with their tunes. Printed source: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. __NORICHEDITOR__