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'''HAPPY DICK'''. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. | '''HAPPY DICK'''. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody also appears in John Walsh's '''Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''' (London, 1735, p. 40, and in the subsequent edition of 1749). "Happy Dick" also appears on songsheets, although there appears to be two different airs the song was set to, both appearing in one or another publication. | ||
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HAPPY DICK. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody also appears in John Walsh's Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, 1735, p. 40, and in the subsequent edition of 1749). "Happy Dick" also appears on songsheets, although there appears to be two different airs the song was set to, both appearing in one or another publication.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Wright (Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances), 1740; p. 12.
Recorded sources:
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