Never Love Thee More
X:1 T:Never Love Thee More. (p)1686.PLFD1.251 M:6/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=100 S:Playford, Dancing Master,7th Ed.,1686 O:England;London H:1686. Z:Chris Partington. F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/book/Playford/Never_Love_Thee_More_1686_PLFD1_251_CP.abc K:G D>ED G2 A|B>cB A2 G|d B2 A2 G|E3-E2 E|D>ED G2 A| B>cB A2 G|d B2 c2 d| e3- e2 e|d B2 A2 G|c2d e>dc|dBc A2 G| E3-E2 E|D>ED G>AG|Bcd e>dc| dBc A2 G|G6:|
X: 1
T: Never love thee more
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: jig
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.41 #77
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.110
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The dances differ only trivially, in spelling and punctuation.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Never_love_thee_more.abc
K: G
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%% Honour to the Presence, then to your We. Lead up all
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%% The 1st Man Back to Back on the right Hand of his Wo. and
%% Back to Back on the left Hand of his Wo. to their own Places,
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%% Then Hands half round and fall back all four, then side over
%% to one another's Places, then right Hands being across, go half
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X:1
T:Never love thee more
M:6/4
L:1/8
N:”Longways for as many as will.”
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, 1740, No. 77)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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X:1
T:Never Love Thee More
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp - Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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