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Annotation:Sir Harry Flutter
X:1 T:Sir Harry Flutter C:Ignatius Sancho M:C L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Sancho - Minuets &c. &c. for the Violin, Mandolin, German B:Flute and Harpsichord, Book 2d (1769, p. 14) N:"Composed by an African" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g2 dB g2 dB|AGAB A2A2|g2 dB g2dB|AGAB G2G2:| |:g2 bg g>fg>e|B>dg>B A2A2|g2 bg g>fg>e|d>cB>A G2G2:| |:G>Bd>B g>Bd>B|GBgB A2A2|G>Bd>B g>Bd>B|AGAB G2G2:|]
SIR HARRY FLUTTER.AKA and see "Buff and Blue (1)," "Jumping Geordie," "Mrs. Falconer's Reel—Craigellachie," "Pope's Toe (2) (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Sir Harry Flutter" is a country dance tune composed by the remarkable ex-African slave, wikipedia:Ignatius_Sancho (1729-1780), who published it in London in his collection of 1769. Sir Harry Flutter was one of the main characters in wikipedia:Francis_Sheridan's (1724-1766) comedy The Discovery, which premiered in 1763. Flutter was a foolish, temperamental, newly married man who was continually indulging in battles of wit with his wife.
