Annotation:Trip to Paris (2)
X:1 T:Trip to Paris [2] M:C| L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 Bd cAFD|GBdg d2 cB|ceAc BdGB|AcAF G2 G,2:| |:gbeg fadf|egfe d2d2|ceAc BdGB|AcAF G2 G,2:||
TRIP TO PARIS [2]. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was published by Charles and Samuel Thompson in their Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). Like numerous tunes from the Thompson’s 3rd collection, it was entered into the 1788 music manuscript copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.).
