Annotation:Hemp Dressers (2) (The)

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 HEMP DRESSERS [2], THE. Scottish, English; Country Dance (6/8). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A development of the country dance jig "Hemp Dressers (1) (The)" found in the Playford publications. The melody also appears in the music manuscript collection of John Fife, a fiddler from Perthshire (but also perhaps from sea), and in flute player Thomas Molyneaux's copybook, 1788 (Nova Scotia).  Source for notated version: Northumbrian musician William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection [Seattle].  Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 105, p. 38. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1770, Part 2; No. 201  Recorded sources:

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