Busy Body (The)

 BUSY BODY, THE. English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 country dance collection. Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 167.

X:1 T:Busy Body, The M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F agf efd|cdB A2F|ABc f3|cef g3|aba gaf| efd c2A|ABc def|gfe f3::AFA ABc|BGB Bcd| AFA ABc|BGg f3|AFA ABc|BGB Bcd|egf eag|cfe f3:||

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