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KNIVES AND FORKS. AKA and see "Flat Cap," "Punchinello (1)," "Three Case Knives," "Three Sharp Knives," "Wee Totum Fogg." English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This upbeat melody dates to 1719 where it appears in the Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master by London publisher J. Walsh. It is used for a longways country dance that appears (with the tune) in other collections as the "Merry Hop" (John Young's Second Volume of the Dancing Master [1], 3rd & 4th Ed's of 1718 and 1728) and "Three Case Knives" (Wright's c. 1720, An Extraordinary Collection of Pleasent and Merry Humours).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Christian (The Playford Assembly), 2015; p. 57.

Recorded sources: Flying Fish FF90564, Bare Necessities - "Take a Dance" (1991).




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