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PUNK'S DELIGHT, THE (New Way). English, Country Dance Tune (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody and dance instructions were published by John Playford in his The English Dancing Master (1651) and were retained in the long-running Dancing Master series through subsequent editions published by his son Henry, and then John Young. It was last published in the Dancing Master in the 18th and final volume of 1728.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 44.

Recorded sources:

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