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NOON HERALD, THE. English, Reel (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel and country dance directions appear to be unique to London publishers Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1782, along with their Complete Collection...vol. 5 (1788).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Thompson (Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1782), 1782; p. 78. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), London, 1788; No. 156, p. 78.

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