Baulk (The)
X:1 T:Balk, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (1740, p. 49) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin G2 D4 B2|G4 B4|A2F2f2c2|A4 c4| B2G2d2g2|^f4 d4|(ed)(cB) A2d2|B4 G4|| G2 Bc d2 Bc|d2B2G2B2|A2 AB c2 AB|c2A2F2f2| d2 ga b2 ag|a2g2^f2 ^ef|g2 a2 a3g|g4 g4||
X:1 T:Baulk, The M:C| L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin G2D4 =E^f|G4 B4|A2-F2f2c2|A4 c4| B2G2g2a2|^f4 d4|edcB ABcA|B2G2 G4:| |:G3 B/c/ d3 B/c/|d2B2G2B2|F3 A/B/ c3A/B/|c2A2F2A2| G3 g/a/ b3a/g/|^f2g2a2^f2|d2g2 ^fgaf|g4 g4:||
BAULK, THE. AKA - "The Balk." English, American; Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, New England. G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in Johnson's Wright's Collection (London, c. 1742), volume I, 49, and in Thompson's 200 Country Dances, volume II (London, 1765).
Printed sources: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 291. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 180.
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