Annotation:Jovial Beggars (2) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
JOVIAL BEGGARS, THE. AKA and see "Jovial Crew (The)," "May Hill," "Restoration of King Charles," "Twenty Ninth of May." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears under the "Jovial Beggars" title in the 9th edition of Henry Playford's Dancing Master (1698, second section, p. 41).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 258, p. 66. Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890;
Recorded sources: