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X:1 T:Newmarket [1] M:C| L:1/8 N:”Longways for as many as will.” B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth B:(London, 1740, No. 59) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C g4e2 dc|B4 G3F|EF G2c2G2|A4 zefg|a4 (ga) (ge)| d4G4|(cB) (cd) d3c|c6 zf|e3d e2a2|g3f e2 (fe)| d2c2d2e2|A4 c4|(G2E2) (D2C2)|F2A2A2 Bc|(de) (dB) A2G2| f6g2|e2 (dc) B2A2|d4 f2E2|(cB) (cd) d3c|c8||



NEWMARKET [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody and dance directions were first published by John Playford in his Dancing Master, 5th edition (London, 1675). It was retained in the long-running Dancing Master series by John's son Henry, and then by John Young, through the 18th and last edition, published in London in 1728. It was also published in London by John Walsh in The Compleat Country Dancing-Master (1731).


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Printed sources : - Walsh (Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth), London, 1740; No. 59.






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