Cupid's Garden

 CUPID'S GARDEN. English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Cupid's Garden" first appears in print as a longways dance ("for as many as will") in Henry Playford's Dancing Master, 7th edition (1686), and in all subsequent editions of the long-running series through the final, 18th edition of 1728 (then published by John Young in London). Playford also printed it in his Apollo's Banquet, 5th edition, 1687. It also appears in all three volumes of London's Walsh publishing company's Compleat Country Dancing Master (1718, 1731, 1754). Printed source: Barlow (The Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master) 1985; No. 293, p. 72. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

X:1 T:Cupid's Garden M:6/4 L:1/8 B:Playford - Dancing Master 7th edition (1686) K:Bb F2|B3A B2 c3de2|d2(B4 B4)de|f3g f2A4B2|(c6 c4)F2| B3A B2 f3gf2|g2a2b2 a3gf2|g2c2f2 f4=e2|(f6 f4):| e2f2e2 c2d2B2|A2B2G2 F4a2|ga b2G2 A4B2|(B6 B4):||
 * f2|f3g f2g4 a2|b2 (d4d4) ed|c2d2B2 A2B2G2|(g6 g4)f2|

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