Annotation:Trip to Kew (A)
X:1 T:Trip to Kew, A M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D ABA AFD|Bcd d3|ABA AFD|EFE E3| ABA AFD|def e2d|cBA EF^G|A3 [A,3A3]:| |:ABA ecA|GFG F3|fed dcB|cB^A B3| dcB AGF|BAG FED|GAB Agf|edc d3:||
TRIP TO KEW, A. English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). The title probably refers to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew Park, originally an exotic garden formed by Lord Capel of Tewkesbury in the mid-18th century. The gardens were enlarged by Augusta, Doweger Princess of Wales.
