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ROMP [1], THE. AKA - "Merry Girls of Scarborough (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In 1767 musician, composer, novelist, actor and songwriter Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) was the original Watty Cockney in Love in the City (1767), and although the play itself was a commercial failure, Dibdin's music for the opera received approval. A number of selections were later altered into the successful production The Romp (1791), for which he composed choruses and songs, including the popular "Dear me! how I long to be married!" "The Romp" was one of the favorite vehicles for the adored period comic actress Dorothy Jordon.

This tune and directions for a country dance were printed by London publishers Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson in their Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 19). However, the whether Dibdin was the composer of this melody is not known, nor is the connection with his opera ascertained (it was staged a few years after the Thompson's publication).

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-This tune and directions for a country dance were printed by London publishers Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson in their '''Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 5''' (1788, p. 19).
+This tune and directions for a country dance were printed by London publishers Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson in their '''Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 5''' (1788, p. 19). However, the whether Dibdin was the composer of this melody is not known, nor is the connection with his opera ascertained (it was staged a few years after the Thompson's publication).
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