Annotation:Charles's Jigg

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CHARLES'S JIG. English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody, like many from Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 collection, first appeared in John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 6 (London, 1751).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 45.

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