Annotation:Devil's Dead (The)
X:1 T:Devil's dead, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1740, p. 80) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F F2A4c2|f3gf2c2|f3g fg a2|F2A4c2| f3g fgag|f2d2c2A2|G4d4|| F2A4c2|dcBA c2F2|dcBA c2F2|dcBA d2G2| F2A4c2|dcBA f3g|agfd cecA|d4G4||
DEVIL'S DEAD, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A syncopated tune, with seven measures in the first strain. The melody appears unique to Wright's 1740 collection (printed in London by John Johnson).
