Annotation:Demple (The)

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 DEMPLE, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in John Johnson's 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758). A nearly identical version was entered into the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers as "Dimple (The)."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 155.  Recorded sources:

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