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'''SIMPLE GEORGE.'''  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody first appears in print in John Johnson’s '''200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7''' (London, 1756). However, dance instructions for “Simple George” appear in Peter Thompson’s '''Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1754''' (London).  
'''SIMPLE GEORGE.'''  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody first appears in print in John Johnson’s '''200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7''' (London, 1756). However, dance instructions for “Simple George” appear in Peter Thompson’s '''Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1754''' (London, p. 43).  
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SIMPLE GEORGE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody first appears in print in John Johnson’s 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7 (London, 1756). However, dance instructions for “Simple George” appear in Peter Thompson’s Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1754 (London, p. 43).

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 86.

Recorded sources: -



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