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'''BOB IN THE BED.''' English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  
'''BOB IN THE BED.''' AKA and see "[[Belfast Almanac (The)]]," "[[John O'Connor]]." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is a version of Turlough O'Carolan's air "[[John O'Connor]]." It appears under the "Bob in the Bed" title in John Johnson's 1744 collection (see below), David Rutherford's '''Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances''' (1756), John Walsh's '''Fourth Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''' (1747), and the American '''Village Fifer''' (Exeter, N.H., 1808).  
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''Printed sources'': Johnson ('''Choice Collection of 200 Country Dances'''), 1744; p.  
''Printed sources'': Johnson ('''Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3'''), 1744; p. 61.  
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BOB IN THE BED. AKA and see "Belfast Almanac (The)," "John O'Connor." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is a version of Turlough O'Carolan's air "John O'Connor." It appears under the "Bob in the Bed" title in John Johnson's 1744 collection (see below), David Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances (1756), John Walsh's Fourth Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (1747), and the American Village Fifer (Exeter, N.H., 1808).

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Printed sources: Johnson (Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1744; p. 61.

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