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X:1 T:Two to One [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 B:Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, p. 42) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D a2 fa g2 eg|gfed dcBA|Bdce dfeg|fbge dcBA| a2 fa g2 eg|gfed dcBA|Bdce dfeg|fbac d2-d2:| |:A2A2 BAGF|FA^GB BA^GA|=gaba gfed|cdef dcBA| A2A2 BAGF|FA^GB BA^GA|=gaba gfed|fedc d2-d2:|]



TWO TO ONE [1]. English, Reel or Hornpipe. England, Yorkshire. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Two to One is the name of a 1784 comic opera with music by Samuel Arnold. It ran for a respectable nineteen performances, indicating a measure of audience approval, but it garnered mixed critical reviews.


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. 113, p. 61. Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), London, 1788; p. 42.






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