Annotation:Honeymoon Jig (1) (The)
X:1 T:Honey Moon, The T:Honeymoon (Jig) [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 B:Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 4) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e/d/|c>BA AGA|ddd d>ec|BBA G>FG|ABc B2 e/d/| c>BA AGA|ddd d>ec|B>BA Bdf|c>dB A2:|| e/d/|c>de e2 (f/4g/4a/)|eca ecA|c>de e2 (f/4g/4a/)|eca ecA| Bcd efg|aB^d e2e|Bc^d efg|ac^d e2||
HONEYMOON JIG (1) (THE). AKA - "Honey Moon (The)." English, Country Dance or Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. There are other published tunes with this title, but this one appears to be unique to the Thompson's 1788 London country dance collection. The tune was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter, a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.
