X:1
T:Young Quaker, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance & Jig
B: Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourtie Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, No. 96, p. 48 )
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g2d ded|b2g g3|gfe dcB|ABG FED|
g2d ded|b2g g3|gfe dcB|AGF G3:|
|:dBd gbg|ece ac'a|gfe dcB|ABG FED|
dBd gbg|ece ac'a|gfe def|g3 G3:|]
The little Quaker remonstrating with George & William Hope for their cruelty. London, c. 1826YOUNG QUAKER(S), THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Young Quaker was a 1784 comic play by Irish playwright John O'Keefe (1747-1833).
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. 58, p. 43. Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourtie Country Dances, vol. 5), London, 1788; No. 96, p. 48.