Annotation:Pretty Girl (2) (The)
X:1 T:Pretty Girl [2], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Moore music manuscript (Shropshire c. 1837-40, Book 2, p. 19) B: https://www.vwml.org/topics/historic-dance-and-tune-books/Moore2 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D dAFD dAFD|dAFD E2E2|dAFD EFGB|AGFE D2D2:| |:fdfa .g.e.c.A|fdfa g2g2|fdfa gbeg|fedc d2d2:|]
PRETTY GIRL [2], THE. AKA and see "Harlequin Neptune," "Neptune (2)." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). England, Shropshire. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune entered by Shropshire musician John Moore in his c. 1837-40 music manuscript collection as "The Pretty Girl," and by Shropshire poet and musician John Clare as "Neptune (2)" is note-for-note the same country dance melody printed by Charles and Samuel Thompson in London in 1778 as "Harlequin Neptune." The Thompsons' melody takes its title from a pantomime by Charles Dibdin, staged in 1775.
