Annotation:Jenny Come Tie My Cravat (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
JENNY, COME TIE MY CRAVAT [1]. AKA and see "Garter (The)." English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody dates from to 1686 when it was first printed in John Playford's Dancing Master, 7th edition. It was retained in the long-running series through the 18th and final edition of 1728 (then published by the Playfords' successor, John Young). Versions also appear in Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, 1718, 1731 & 1754) and in James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion (vol. 6, 1760, p. 14). The melody was heard in period ballad operas, such as The Footman (1732), and Bay's Opera (1730).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 50.
Recorded sources: