Annotation:May Day (8)
X: 1 T:May Day. PFD2.085 B:Playford's Dancing Master, Vol 2, 1713-28 Z:vmp.Chris Partington 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk M:6/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=100 W:Each strain twice over. W:The 1st Cu cast off, and right and left single W:This to the first strain play'd once W:The 2d Cu cast up, and single right and left W:This to the 2d strain play'd twice W:The 1st Cu clap and cast off, the 2d Cu do the same W:This to the second strain play'd once W:Then cross over and go single figure and turn W:This to the second strain play'd twice K:G d|gab efg|fga fed|cde ABc|EAG FED| gab efg|fga fed|cde Ad^c|d3-d2:| |:e/f/|"^as written"geB gdB|ecA ecA|dBG dBG|EAG FED| gdB gdB|ecA ecA|Bcd EAF|G3-G2:|
MAY DAY [8]. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/4 or 6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "May Day [8]" was first printed by London music publisher John Walsh in his The New Country Dancing Master. . . 2d Book (1710, p. 143), followed by rival London music publisher JohnYoung, successor to the Playford publishing concerns, in his Second Volume of the Dancing Master, 1st edition (c. 1713, No. 85, and retained through the fourth and last edition of 1728).
