Bowyer's Whim

BOWYER'S WHIM. English, Country Dance Tune (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody was first printed in R. Baldwin's London Magazine, or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer (1761). In America, it was included in Edward Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 2 (New York, 1817). It is also perhaps the tune for the country dance "Bower's Whim," the steps to which were printed in several end-of-the-18th century country dance publications in New England and New York.

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 28.

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X:1
T:Bowyer's Whim
M:C
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
KG
(BG)(BG) (Ac) !trill!c2|(BG)(BG) (DA) !trill!A2|(BG)(BG) (ABcd)|(edcB) A2A2:|
|:(dB)(dB) (ce) !trill!e2|(cA)(cA) (Bd) !trill!d2|(BG)(BG) (ABcd)|egdc BG !trill!B2:|
|:ge!trill!dB ge!trill!dB|ge!trill!dB cA !trill!A2|ge!trill!dB ge!trill!dB|cedc BG G2:||

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