Annotation:Inkle and Yarico (1)

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 INKLE AND YARICO [1]. AKA and see "Come Dance and Sing," "Come Let Us Dance and Sing," "Belle Catharine (1) (La)." English, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Inkle and Yarico is an 18th century opera that tells the story, first mentioned in Richard Ligon's The True and Exact History of the island of Barbadoes (1657) of an Amerindian slave girl called Yarico, whom he met at Kendal Plantation. Yarico had saved the life of an English merchant who had been abandoned in her country by a shore party from his ship, following an attack by Amerindian warriors. She looked after him for some months and they fell in love. When another boat arrived he saw an opportunity to continue his journey to Barbados, and persuaded Yarico to come with him. During the voyage he had a change of heart and on arrival in Bridgetown sold her as a slave. To quote Ligon "And so poor Yarico for love, lost her liberty".  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Harding's All Round Collection, 1905; No. 110, p. 35.  Recorded sources:

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