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'''MAIDEN'S BLUSH, THE.''' AKA - "Bump Her Belly." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The alternate title, given along with the proper title by John Young in his '''Second Volume of the Dancing Master''', third edition (1718, p. 95) gives a more lascivious twist to the name of the tune. To 'belly-bump' or 'bump her belly' was to have coitus, while 'to get a belly-bumper' was to be pregnant with child. Young printed the tune and titles in his fourth and last edition of the work, printed in 1728. | '''MAIDEN'S BLUSH, THE.''' AKA - "Bump Her Belly." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The alternate title, given along with the proper title by John Young in his '''Second Volume of the Dancing Master''', third edition (1718, p. 95) gives a more lascivious twist to the name of the tune. To 'belly-bump' or 'bump her belly' was to have coitus, while 'to get a belly-bumper' was to be pregnant with child. Young printed the tune and titles in his fourth and last edition of the work, printed in 1728. | ||
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There is a song for which the indicated tune is "Bump Her Belly" in J. Hippisley's opera '''Sequal to Flora''' (1732) that begins: | |||
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MAIDEN'S BLUSH, THE. AKA - "Bump Her Belly." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The alternate title, given along with the proper title by John Young in his Second Volume of the Dancing Master, third edition (1718, p. 95) gives a more lascivious twist to the name of the tune. To 'belly-bump' or 'bump her belly' was to have coitus, while 'to get a belly-bumper' was to be pregnant with child. Young printed the tune and titles in his fourth and last edition of the work, printed in 1728.
There is a song for which the indicated tune is "Bump Her Belly" in J. Hippisley's opera Sequal to Flora (1732) that begins:
What lusty young babies by us will be got,
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 50.
Recorded sources: