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Theme code Index	3H2H2H7 5555H
Also known as	Wooden Shoes (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Cecil Sharp
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Country Dance Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	p. 70
Year of publication/Date of MS	1909
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BRITAINS, THE. AKA and see "Wooden Shoes." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Sharp notes: "To the tune of 'Wooden Shoes'" meaning that the dance was called The Britains, set to the tune of Wooden Shoes. Melodies often became associated with specific dances, the name of the dance transferring to the tune. See note for Playford's "Wooden Shoes (2)."

Printed source: Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 70.

X:1
T:Britains, The
M:2/2
L:1/8
K:C
g2|e2d2 dcBA|G6 g2|e2.c2.c2 d2|e2 .c2.c2 de|f2 fg agfe|
d2g2g2a2|^f2d2 g2f2|g2G2G2:||g2|g2 fe defg|a2g2g2g2|
c2c2A2d2|B2G2G2e2|ABc2 Bc d2|de f2 ef g2|agfe defg|
e2c2c2||g2|g2 fe defg|a2f2f2g2|c2c2A2d2|B2G2G2e2|
AB c2 Bcd2|de f2 efg2|agfe defg|e2 c2c2||

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-'''BRITAINS, THE'''. AKA and see "Wooden Shoes." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Sharp notes: "To the tune of 'Wooden Shoes'" meaning that the dance was called The Britains, set to the tune of Wooden Shoes. Melodies often became associated with specific dances, the name of the dance transferring to the tune.
+'''BRITAINS, THE'''. AKA and see "Wooden Shoes." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Sharp notes: "To the tune of 'Wooden Shoes'" meaning that the dance was called The Britains, set to the tune of Wooden Shoes. Melodies often became associated with specific dances, the name of the dance transferring to the tune. See note for Playford's "Wooden Shoes (2)."
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