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|f_tune_title=Constant Couple (The)
|f_country=England
|f_genre=English
|f_rhythm=Country Dance
|f_time_signature=2/4
|f_key=C
|f_accidental=NONE
|f_mode=Ionian (Major)
|f_structure=AB
|f_book_title=Hardcore English
|f_collector=Barry Callaghan, 
|f_year=2007
|f_page=p. 33
|f_theme_code_index=5H3H4H2H 1H61H6
}}
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'''CONSTANT COUPLE, THE'''.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major (Barnes). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody is contained in the H.S.J. Jackson manuscript (1823, Wyresdale, Lancashire), in the key of 'C'. '''The Constant Couple''' was a stage satire written by George Farquhar (1677-1707) in 1699, one of his biggest hits. The New York debut of the play was in 2007. Farquhar abandoned his studies to take to the Dublin stage, but after only a season he abandoned acting after severely wounding a fellow actor in an on-stage fencing scene when he forgot to exchange his sword for a foil. He soldiered for a time in Ireland, but had early success with his first play, '''Love and a Bottle''', produced at Drury Lane when Farquhar was aged but 20. '''The Constant Couple''' was his next work, and was more favourably received than the first; it was popular for a century. 
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''Printed source:'' Callaghan ('''Hardcore English'''), 2007; p. 33.
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X:1
T:Constant Couple, The.  HSJJ.097
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:150
S:HSJ Jackson, Wryesdale, Lancs. 1823
R:Misc.
O:England
A:Lancashire
H:1823
Z:Chris Partington
K:C
g2ec|f2dB|ceAd|cBAG|AcBd|cede|faAd|cBAG|!
g2ec|f2dB|ceAd|cBAG|ABcA|Bcde|fdcB|c2C2|!
d2BG|e2cA|f2dB|g2ec|a2fd|g2ec|f2Ad|cBAG|!
d2BG|e2cA|f2dB|g2ec|a2fd|g2ec|A2B2|c2C2|]

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