Annotation:Catching of Fleas (The)

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X:1 T:Catching of Fleas, The M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Sharp - Country Dance Tunes (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F (c | A>GF c2)(f | e>dc g>fe) | (fcA) (gec) | (a>gf) f2(c | A>GF c2)(f | e>dc g>fe) | (fcA) (gec) | (ag>f) f2 || |: (a | g>af e>f)(d | ^cA)(d cA)(f | dB)(e/f/ ge)(f/g/ | ag>f f2)(a | g>af e/f/gc | d/e/fd c/d/eA) | (g/a/bg a>gf/e/ | fe2 d2) :||

CATCHING OF FLEAS, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, North-West. F Major ('A' part) & D Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Sharp): AABB (Knowles). "Catching of Fleas" first appears in Playford's Dancing Master, fourth edition (1670), and was retained in the long-running series through the 10th edition of 1698. It was dropped from subsequent editions, along with the similarly titled (and perhaps companion tune?) "Catching of Quails".

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Printed sources : - Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 196, p. 52. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 119. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 37.

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