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|f_annotation='''FOLLOW YOUR LOVERS'''. AKA and see "[[Step and Fetch Her (3)]]." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 & 6/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). | |f_annotation='''FOLLOW YOUR LOVERS'''. AKA and see "[[Follow My Lover]]," "[[Step and Fetch Her (3)]]." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 & 6/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Novelist [[wikipedia:Thomas_Hardy]] (1840-1928) mentioned the tune in his '''Under the Greenwood Tree''' (1872) as follows: | ||
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''The country-dance called the 'Triumph, or Follow my Lover' was the [first dance]...Mr. Shiner'' | |||
''[2nd man], according to the interesting rule laid down, deserted his own partner and made off'' | |||
''down the middle with this fair one [1st woman] of Dick's--the pair appearing from the top of'' | |||
''the room like two persons tripping down a lane to be married. Dick trotted behind with what'' | |||
''was intended to be a look of composure...Then they turned and came back, when Dick...joined'' | |||
''hands with the rival and formed the arch over his lady's head, which presumably gave the'' | |||
''figure its name....'' | |||
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FOLLOW YOUR LOVERS. AKA and see "Follow My Lover," "Step and Fetch Her (3)." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 & 6/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Novelist wikipedia:Thomas_Hardy (1840-1928) mentioned the tune in his Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) as follows:
The country-dance called the 'Triumph, or Follow my Lover' was the [first dance]...Mr. Shiner [2nd man], according to the interesting rule laid down, deserted his own partner and made off down the middle with this fair one [1st woman] of Dick's--the pair appearing from the top of the room like two persons tripping down a lane to be married. Dick trotted behind with what was intended to be a look of composure...Then they turned and came back, when Dick...joined hands with the rival and formed the arch over his lady's head, which presumably gave the figure its name....
