Country Coll (The)

 'COUNTRY COLL, THE. AKA and see "Sir Nicholas Culley/Cully." English, Country Dance Tune (Longways for as many as will). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in John Playford's 'The English Dancing Master (1651), first edition (p. 79), but was retained in subsequent editions of the long-running series through the eighth edition (1690, then published by John's son, Henry). Sir Nicholas Cully (the alternate title) was a character in The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub a Restoration comedy by Sir George Etherege, acted at Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1664. Sir Nicholas, a country knight, was a dupe. Printed source: Barlow (The Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 18, p. 20. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 45.

X:1 T:Country Coll (The) T:Sir Nicholas Culley M:6/4 L:1/8 S:Playford - English Country Dancing Master (1651) K:G g4d2 g2d2 G2|B3c d2 e4d2|e2f2g2 f2g2a2|d2g2e2 f4d2:|
 * e6 d4B2|c2d2e2 d4B2|g2d4 B3cd2|A2a4 b4g2:||

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