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X:1 T:Pleasures of Sproughton, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, No. 117, p. 59) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D [D2A2f2]f fge|d2d d3|Ace dfa|Tf3 e3| [D2A2f2]f fge|d2d d3|Bgf edc|d3-d3:| |:A2A AFD|[D2B2][D2B] [D3B3]|dcB AGF|F3 [A,3E3]| A2A AFD|[B2B2][D2B] [D3B3]|Agf edc|d3 D3:|]



PLEAUSRES OF SPROUGHTON, THE. AKA and see "Clifton Springs (2)." English, Country Dance and Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Sproughton is a parish and village in Suffolk, on the river Gipping near Ipswich. The tune was later printed in New York by Edward Riley under the title "Clifton Springs (2)."


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Printed sources : - Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; No. 117, p. 59.






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