Baulk (The)

X:1
T:Balk, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (1740, p. 49)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
G2 D4 B2|G4 B4|A2F2f2c2|A4 c4|
B2G2d2g2|^f4 d4|(ed)(cB) A2d2|B4 G4||
G2 Bc d2 Bc|d2B2G2B2|A2 AB c2 AB|c2A2F2f2|
d2 ga b2 ag|a2g2^f2 ^ef|g2 a2 a3g|g4 g4||

X:2
T:Baulk, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:John Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1745, p. 36)
N:Published in several volumes and different editions, 1731-c. 1745)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
G2 D4B2|G4B4|A2F2f2c2|A4c4|
B2G2d2g2|^f4d4|(ed)(cB) A2d2|B4G4||
G2 Bc d2 Bc|d2B2G2B2|A2 AB c2AB|c2A2F2f2|
d2 ga b2 ag|a2g2^f2 ^e^f|g2za2 a3g|g4g4||

X:3
T:Baulk, The
M:C|
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:Gmin
G2D4 =E^F|G4 B4|A2-F2f2c2|A4 c4|
B2G2g2a2|^f4 d4|edcB ABcA|B2G2 G4:|
|:G3 B/c/ d3 B/c/|d2B2G2B2|F3 A/B/ c3A/B/|c2A2F2A2|
G3 g/a/ b3a/g/|^f2g2a2^f2|d2g2 ^fgaf|g4 g4:||

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BAULK, THE. AKA - "The Balk." English, American; Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, New England. G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in Johnson's Wright's Collection (London, c. 1740), volume I, 49, and in Thompson's 200 Country Dances, volume II (London, 1765).

Printed sources: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 291. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 180. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances), c. 1745; p. 36. Wright (Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances), 1740; p. 49.

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