Mountebank (The)
X:1 % T:Mountebank, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:County Dance B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1740, p. 99) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e/d/c/B/ cA|ea2 g/f/|e/d/c/B/ A/G/A/B/|c/d/e/f/ B2| e/d/c/B/ cA|e a2 g/a/|b/a/g/f/ a/g/f/e/|^d/e/f/d/ e2:| |:B/A/G/F/ GE|Be2 d/c/|d/c/B/A/ B/A/G/F/|^E/F/G/A/ F2| d/c/B/A/ GB|ec ff/g/|a/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|G/A/B/G/ A2:|]
X: 1 % T: the Mountebank T: Longways &c. %R: reel B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.99 S: http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/dancebooks.cgi Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> N: Repeats modified to match the "Each strain twice" instruction. N: Bar 4 has only a single beam on the first 4 notes; fixed. M: 2/4 L: 1/16 K: A % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |:\ edcB c2A2 | e2 a4 gf | edcB AGAB | cdef B4 | edcB c2A2 | e2 a4 ga | bagf agfe | ^defd e4 :| |:\ BAGF G2E2 | B2 e4 dc | dcBA BAGF | ^EFGA F4 | dcBA G2B2 | e2c2 f2fg | agfe dcBA | GABG A4 :| % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - %%center Each strain twice. %%begintext align %% The 1st Cu. take hands and go thro' the 2d, and sett %% to the 3d Cu. then turn about to the 2d Cu. and all %% four take hands abreast, lead up and the 1st Cu. %% cast off .| then 2d Cu. do the same with the 3d & %% 1st Cu. :| then the 1st Cu. Figure thro' the 2d Cu. %% and all four take hands and turn quite round .| %% Then 1st Cu. cross quite round the 2d Cu. and %% clap hands, then cast off into the 2d Cu. Place :| %%endtext % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - %%sep 2 4 300