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TRIP TO TUNBRIDGE, THE. AKA and see "Green Grow the Rushes O." English, Country Dance Tune or March (cut or 4/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This version of the the "Green Grow the Rushes O/Green Grow the Rashes" dates to c. 1793 when it was printed in London by Preston & Sons, music publishers. Tunbridge was a fashionable resort and spa throughout the 18th century (see note for "annotation:Tunbridge Beauties" for more).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Johnson (Twenty Eight Country Dances as Done at the New Boston Fair, vol. 8), 1988; No. 9. Preston & Sons (Preston’s Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1793), p. 95.
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