Annotation:Time's a Tell Tale
X:1 T:Time’s a Tell Tale M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:WM Cahusac – Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1809, No. 2 N:”With proper Directions to each Dance as they are performed at N:Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblys.” Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|d2d dcd|a2a age|d2d dcd|e2c ABc| d2d dcd|a3 age|d3 {f}ede|(d3 d2):| |:F/G/|A2A Adc|B2B BGF|E2E EAG|G3 F2F/G/| A2A Adc|B2b bge|c2a ABc|(d3 d2):||
TIME’S A TELL TALE. English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title is from a five-act comedy by wikipedia:Henry_Siddons (1774-1815), performed in Drury Lane in 1807. Siddons was an actor and theatre manager in London and, later, Edinburgh, who wrote some works for the stage (although to mediocre reviews).
