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PRETTY POLLY [7]. American, Contra Dance Tune (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Boston publisher biography:Elias Howe printed contra dance directions with the melody in several of his publications, including 1,000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867), Musician's Omnibus No. 1 (1862), and Howe's Complete Ball Room Hand-Book (1858).
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Printed sources: Elias Howe (Musician’s Omnibus No. 1), 1862; p. 47. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 82.
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