Annotation:Village Maid

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VILLAGE MAID. English, Country Dance (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. The tune appears in a number of end-of-the-18th-century and early 19th century tune books on both sides of the Atlantic. The Village Maid is one of the National Dances of Scotland.

Source for notated version: the music manuscript collection of ships fiddler William Litten, 1800-1802 [Huntington].

Printed sources: Campbell (1st Book of New and Favorite Country Dances and Reels), p. 6. Huntington (William Litten's Tune Book), 1977; p. 26.

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