Annotation:Lidia's Ramble

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LIDIA'S RAMBLE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 country dance collection, although country dance directions appeared in Peter Thompson's Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1754 (London).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 85.

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