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DUMB WAITER, THE. AKA and see "Dumb Glutton (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript copybook [] of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom little is known, unfortunately. "The Dumb Waiter" was published in David Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances (vol. 1, c. 1756), while "The Dumb Glutton" appears in James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (Glasgow, 1782).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 489.
Recorded sources:
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