Annotation:Lincolnshire Ladds
X:1 T:Lincolnshire Ladds M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A2 A>c|B2 B>d|ceTdc|dBAG|A2 A>c|B2 B>d|(ce)(dc)|{c}B4:| |:e2 e>f|ecBA|f2 f>g|a2 g>f|e2 e>f|ecAa|edcB|{B}A4:||
LINCOLNSHIRE LADS. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appeared first in print in London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 country dance collection, followed by a printing in Straight and Skillern's Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1775). In America, country dance directions were printed in the Phinney's Select Collection of the Newest and Most Favorite Country Dances (Ostego, N.Y., 1808).
