Annotation:Daphne

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DAPHNE. AKA and see "Hit and Miss." English, Air and Jig (6/8 or 3/4 time). E Minor (Karpeles, Raven): D Minor (Chappell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Raven): AABBC (Chappell, Karpeles). The air was published by John Playford in the first edition of his English Dancing Master (London, 1651) and retained in the next two editions in 1652 and 1657, after which it appeared in the Dancing Master as "Daphne or The Shepherdess" (through the 8th edition of 1690). "Daphne" also appears in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck (1626), Friesche Lust-Hof (1621), and Forbes' Songs and Fancies (1666). Words to the tune can be found in the Roxburghe Collection, Giles Earle's Song-book (1626), and Deloney's Royal Garland of Love and Delight (1674). However, it is known that the melody was a great favorite in Elizabethan times [Ian Payne, The Almain in Britain), along with others found in Playford; "Heart's Ease (1)," "Greenwood" and "Wooddicock."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 17 (appears as "Hit and Miss"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 24 & p. 40.

Recorded sources: Harmonia Mundi 907101, The King's Noyse - "The King's Delight: 17c. Ballads for Voice and Violin Band" (1992). Maggie's Music MMCD216, Hesperus - "Early American Roots" (1997).