''Coney'' refers to a hare or rabbit; thus New York City's Coney Island was an island once known for its abundance of wild rabbits.
''Coney'' refers to a hare or rabbit; thus New York City's Coney Island was an island once known for its abundance of wild rabbits. However Three Coney Walk was a country lane in Lambeth, near Lambeth Wells, a place of mineral wells around which public entertainments grew up, with a "Great Room" for music and dancing opening before 1697. Later Three Coney Walk became known as Lambeth Walk.
|f_printed_sources=Knowles & McGrady ('''Northern Frisk: A Treasury of Tunes From North West England'''), 1988; No. 16. John Young
|f_printed_sources=Knowles & McGrady ('''Northern Frisk: A Treasury of Tunes From North West England'''), 1988; No. 16. John Young ('''Third Volume of the Dancing Master'''), 2nd edition, c. 1726; p.
X: 1
T:Three Coney walk, or.... PFD3.193
B:Playford, Dancing Master Vol 3, 2nd Ed, c1726
Z:vmp.Ruairidh Greig 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk
T:Number Three. PFD3.193
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
K:D
D>ED A2A|d>edc3|B>cB A>BA|G>AG F2G|
ADD BDD|ADD BDD|ADD B>cd|E3DD2||
g>ag f>gf|e>fec2d|e>dc B>cd|B2A A2A|
dAA eAA|fAA gAA|aAA gAA|"Da Capo"f>gfe3|]
W:The first strain twice, and the last but once, then each strain once over again, then the first once again.
W:Then the same all over again
W:The first Man cast off, and turn the third Woman, and cast up into his own place again.| The
W:first Woman cast off and turn the third Man:| And fall in the middle of the third Couple: And
W:[?] first Man between the second Couple: Then take Hands and meet all six abreast and the first Man
W:turns his Partner.| Then the first Man turns the third Woman with his Right-hand, and the Wo.
W:turns the second Man at the same time; and then turn her Partner.| Then the first Man and
W:Woman turn the other two, and turn his Partner, the first Couple cast up a top and Right-hands
W:and left half round into the second Couples place.
THREE CONEY WALK. AKA - "Number Three." English, Jig (6/8 time)D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Three Coney Walk; or, Number Three" was printed by London music publisher John Young in the Third Volume of the Dancing Master (2nd edition, c. 1726), along with directions for a country dance. It was also printed by rival London music publisher John Walsh in his Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (editions of 1745 and 1754). London musician Thomas Hammersley entered it into his c. 1790 copybook as well.
Coney refers to a hare or rabbit; thus New York City's Coney Island was an island once known for its abundance of wild rabbits. However Three Coney Walk was a country lane in Lambeth, near Lambeth Wells, a place of mineral wells around which public entertainments grew up, with a "Great Room" for music and dancing opening before 1697. Later Three Coney Walk became known as Lambeth Walk.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Knowles & McGrady (Northern Frisk: A Treasury of Tunes From North West England), 1988; No. 16. John Young (Third Volume of the Dancing Master), 2nd edition, c. 1726; p.
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