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VARIETY IS CHARMING. English, Air and Country Dance (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song appears in late 18th century songsters such as Calliope (1778), Vocal Music, or the Songster's Companion (1778), and The Humming Bird. The song begins:

I'm in love with twenty
I'm in love with twenty
And could adore
As many more
For nothing's like a plenty,
Variety is charming,
Variety is charming,
For constancy
Is not for me
So ladies you have warning.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Straight & Skillern (Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), c. 1775; No. 202, p. 101.

Recorded sources:

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-'''VARIETY IS CHARMING.''' English, Air and Country Dance (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
+'''VARIETY IS CHARMING.''' English, Air and Country Dance (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song appears in late 18th century songsters such as '''Calliope''' (1778), '''Vocal Music, or the Songster's Companion''' (1778), and '''The Humming Bird'''. The song begins:
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+''I'm in love with twenty''<br>
+''I'm in love with twenty''<br>
+''And could adore''<br>
+''As many more''<br>
+''For nothing's like a plenty,''<br>
+''Variety is charming,''<br>
+''Variety is charming,''<br>
+''For constancy''<br>
+''Is not for me''<br>
+''So ladies you have warning.''<br>
+</blockquote>
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