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|f_annotation='''FIT'S UPON ME NOW, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Bishop of Chester's Jig (The)]]," "[[Fit is Come Ower Me Now (The)]]." English, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time). D Major (Chappell): F Major (Barnes, Sharp). Standard tuning. AB (Chappell, Sharp): AABB (Barnes). The air dates to 1686 where it appears in the 7th edition of Playford's '''Dancing Master'''; it was later called "[[Bishop of Chester's Jig (The)]]" in the Playford publications. However, perhaps an older version of the air appears in the Panmure MS #9454 '''Seventy Seven Dances, Songs and Scots Airs for Violin''', c. 1675. Robin Williamson opines that that the Panmure version is "a quirky piece of unusual structure."
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The title comes from words set to the tune:
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''The fit’s upon me now,''<br> 
''The fit’s upon me now,''<br> 
''Come quickly gentle lady,''<br> 
''The fit’s upon me now.''<br>
''The world shall know they’re fools,''<br>
''And so shalt thou do too,''<br> 
''Let cobblers mend their tools,''<br>
''The fit’s upon me now.''<br>
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|f_printed_sources=Barlow ('''The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master'''), 1985; No. 243, p. 63. Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. Chappell ('''Popular Music of the Olden Times, vol. 2'''), 1859; pp. 27-28. Sharp ('''Country Dance Tunes'''), 1909; p. 51. 
|f_recorded_sources=Flying Fish, Robin Williamson - "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 2."
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