Annotation:Shoe Strings

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X:1 T:Shoe Strings, The M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Cushing - Fifer' s Companion No. 1 (1805, Salem, Mass.) R:Jig K:D ded d2f|ede d3|dAF dAF|DFG A3:| |:aba afd|ged cBA|aba afd|gec d3:| |:DFA DFA|dfe fed|DFA DFA|gec d3:|]



SHOE STRINGS, THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). England, North West. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody was printed by Joshua Cushing in 1805 in Salem, Massachusetts, in his The Fifer's Companion No. 1 (p. 54).

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Printed sources : - Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 81.

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