Annotation:Will o' the Wisp
X:1 T:Will o' th' Wisp M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:R. Baldwin - London Magazine; or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer (Oct., 1751, p. 469) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d2|B2G2G2B2|A2D2D2d2|B2G2 e2f2|g4 G2d2|B2G2G2B2|A2D2D2g2|f2e2d2^c2|d4 D2:| |:d2|d2B2B2=f2|e2c2c2e2|c2A2A2c2|d2B2B2g2|B2G2G2B2|A2e2d2c2|B2A2G2F2|G4 G,2:|
WILL O’ THE WISP. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in John Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1750), The London Magazine, or Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer (1751, p. 469), and in Walsh’s Compleat Country Dancing Master, vol. the 5th (London, 1754).
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