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MERRY PAIR, THE. English, Jig. F Major (Barnes): D Major (Thompson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 84. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 168.

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