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Theme code Index	3111 3167
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AA'B
Editor/Compiler	John Playford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The English Dancing Master
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1651
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Newcastle [1]
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:200
H:Simpson feels that the surviving tune is not the one which had some
H:currency in Elizabethan days.  He points out that wrenchings of accent
H:are necessary to accomplish the fit of Playford's dance tune to a
H:curious fragment of text found in the 18th century Percy folio MS, a
H:source of dubious authenticity itself.
H:Came you not from
H:Newcastle?
H:Came yee not there away? &c
H:It is quite possible that
H:this dance was inspired by William, Duke of Newcastle, a royalist who
H:remained in London and bent his interests towards the theatre during
H:the interregnum.
K:G
BdGA|G>AGD|BdGd|eg2 f/2e/2|dBAG|
Ee2 d/2c/2|dBA>G|1 G4:|2 G3 e/2f/2||
L:1/8
gfed g3B|A2 g4 A2|G3A B2F2|E2 e4 f2|
gfed g3B|A2A2 c3d|e2B2 A3G|G8||

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