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 Theme code Index    1H1H55 6655
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    
 History    ENGLAND(London and South East)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 5
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 98, p. 49
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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Prince William's Return: Annotations


X:1
T:Prince William's Return
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance & Jig
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country
B:Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, No. 98, p. 49)
N:The idea is to drone the open 'A' string through the first two measures of the first
N:strain, and the open 'e' string through the first two measures of the second strain.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
[A2a2][Aa] [A2e2][Ae]|[A2f2][Af] [A3e3]|def edc|BcA GFE|
[A2a2]a [A2e2]e|[A3f]f [A3e3]|def ecA|TB3A3:|
|:[c2e2].[ce] [B2e2] .[Be]| [e2d2][de] [c3e3]|fga ecA|BcA GFE|
[c2e2].[ce] [B2e] .[Be]|[e2d2][de] [c3e3]|f2a ecA|TB3 A3:|]

Prince William's Return: Annotations