Annotation:If the Heart of a Man

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IF THE HEART OF A MAN (IS DEPREST WITH CARES). AKA and see "Lancers Quadrilles Third Figure," "Would You Have a Young Virgin," "Would You Have a Young Virgin of Fifteen Years," "Poor Robin's Maggot." English; Air, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air appears under this title in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729), Air 3, act I, set in 6/4 time, and where the indicated tune is "Would You Have a Young Virgin." It also appears in D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. 1. The melody was used as one of the figures in the Lancers Quadrilles (often the third or fourth figure.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 119.

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