X:1
T:Captain Drivers Delight
M:C
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:John Walsh – Caledonian Country Dances vol. II (1737, No. 317, p. 57)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
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CAPTAIN DRIVER'S DELIGHT. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was printed by John Walsh in his Caledonian Country Dances vol. II) (c. 1737, No. 317, p. 57) and by John Johnson in his Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. IV (London, 1748, p. 3).
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; p. 12.
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