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LADY SPELLOR [2]. AKA and see "Soldier's Life." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody was published by John Playford in his English Dancing Master [1] (1651) under the title "Soldier's Life."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 94, p. 35 (appears as "Soldier's Life"). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1994; p. 34.

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