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X:1 % T:Woodburn Abbey M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 232) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D dcd Adf|e2e e2g|fad bag|fed cBA| dcd Adf|e2e e2g|fad gec|d3 D3:| |:afd F2a|b2G G2b|gec E2g|a2F F2a| gbg ege|faf dfd|FAd edc|d3 D3:|]



WOODBURN ABBEY. AKA - "Wooburn Abbey." English, Country Dance Tune & Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was also entered into the large 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook, of Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria.

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Printed sources : - Longman, Lukey & Broderip (Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillons), 1776; Part II, p. 9. Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; p. 96.

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