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LADY DAY [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was first published by Henry Playford in the first supplement of the 7th edition of The Dancing Master [1] (London, 1687). It was retained in subsequent editions, through the 16th edition of 1716 (then published by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concerns), but was dropped for the final two editions of the long running series. "Lady Day" was also printed by the Walshes in all three volumes of The Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, 1718, 1731 and 1754).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 277, p. 67. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 17.

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