Annotation:Shrewsbury Lasses
X: 1 T:Shrewsbury Lasses THO4.180, The M:2/4 L:1/8 Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2010/11.from a transcription by Fynn Titford-Mock 2007 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances Volume IV. Q:1/4=140 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/Thompson/_Thompsons_V4_1773-1780_PD.abc K:D (3A/B/c/|d A2 (G|F) D2 F|EGFE|FDFA|d f2 (d|c) e2 A| BdB^G|A2-A:| |:(3A/B/c/|d B2 (G|G) E2 (a|a) f2 (d|d) B2 (b|b) g2 (e| e) c2 (A|G) B2 G|(3FGA FD|G B2 G|FA df|{f}e2 dc|d2-d:|
SHREWSBURY LASSES. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 or cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, has been in existence since the 5th century when the former Celtic inhabitants of the Roman town of Wroxeter moved to a more easily defensible place. It was the capital of the Welsh kingdom of South Powys but was conquered by the Mercians in the 8th century, and it remained a border town for centuries. It was at Shrewsbury where Henry IV defeated the rebellious Percys of Northumberland in 1403. "Shrewsbury Lasses" was published before 1730 according to Raven, though Barnes dates it to 1765. The earliest date so far verified is in the Thompson's Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1765 (No. 12, p. 6), later included in their compendium Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4, published in London in 1780 (No. 180).