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BOW FAIR. English, Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. The tune appears to be unique to Daniel Wright's 1740 country dance collection, printed in London by John Johnson.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Wright (Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances), 1740; p. 11.

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