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NOBLE PEASANT, THE. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Dance figures for "Noble Pleasant" were included in the c. 1808 dance figure manuscript copybook of P.H. Munson (Hudson, New York), entitle "Figures of the Newest and Most Fashionable Country Dances."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourtie Country Dances, vol. 5), London, 1788; No. 93, p. 47.

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