Annotation:Long Eight (The)
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LONG EIGHT, THE. AKA and see "Haste to the Wedding (1)." English, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Long Eight, or Cumberland Long Eight, is the name of a country dance, for which many tunes would be suitable accompaniment.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 8.
Recorded sources:
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