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X:1 T:Summer Dance, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, No. 116, p. 58) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D2D|GFG ABc|dBG e2e|dfg dBG|AFD D2D| GFG ABc|dBG e2e|dfg BcA|G3:| |:B2 [B,B]|[C2c2]c cea|cBA A2[A,A]|[B,2B]B Bdg| BAG D2D|GFG ABc|dBG e2e|dfg BcA|G3:|]



SUMMER DANCE, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, Yorkshire. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of several country dance tunes obtained by mid-19th century Yorkshire fiddler Lawrence Leadley from an earlier published collection (1788) issued in London by the Thompsons.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - An MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle].

Printed sources : - Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 62, p. 44. Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 5), London, 1788; No. 116, p. 58.






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