Annotation:Sam's Humour

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X:1 T:Sam's Humour M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A d2 e|Tf2 ed|Tf2 ed|ecTBA|A d2 e| f2 ed|edcB|{B}A4:||:(3Bcd AA|(3cde .A.A| (3def .A.A|(3efg .A.A|(3agf .a.a|(3gfe .g.g|(3fed .d.d|d4:||



SAMS HUMOUR. English, Country Dance Tunes (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody first appears in John Johnson’s Two Hundred Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7 (London, 1756).

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Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 50.

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