Country Farmer's Daughter (The)

 COUNTRY FARMER'S DAUGHTER, THE. AKA and see "Painted Chamber." English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The air was published by John Playford in his Dancing Master, supplement to the 6th edition (1688) under the title "Painted Chamber" with "Country Farmer's Daughter" given as an alternate title. I the 17th and 18th editions of the long-running series (then published by John Young) the title was given as "The Country Famer's Daughter". The Painted Chamber was a part of the original Palace of Westminster, and was the place where the evidence of the witnesses summoned was heard at the trial of Charles I. Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 301, p. 74. Watson (A Rollick of Recorders or Other Instruments), 1975; No. 4, p. 5.

X:1 T:Painted Chamber T:Country Farmer's Daughter M:6/4 L:1/8 S:Playford - Dancing Master (supplement to the 7th edition, 1688) K:C G2|A3Bc2 B4c2|d4d2 d3ef2|e2A2e2 B2G2B2|c4c2 c4:| f3ga2 e2g2G2|c2A2e2 f4g2|e3dc2 d2G2B2|c4c2 c4:||
 * g2|e3fg2 a3bc'2|g4g2 g3fe2|a6 g2e2c2|d4d2 d4e2|

 '''© 1996-2010 Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.''' Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni