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Theme code Index	5L5L5L3 4263
Also known as	Gigue des sucres
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	USA(New England)
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Henri Cellarius
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Drawing Room Dances
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1847
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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T: Portland Fancy
O: Boston, 1847
B: Elias Howe "Drawing Room Dances" (Boston, 1859)
B: (Howe's was a reprint of Henri Cellarius's "Drawing Room Dances", 1847)
N: Cellarius and Howe published only the first 3 parts; the 4th part is of unknown later origin.
M: 6/8
Z: Transcribed to abc by Mary Lou Knack
N: "Gigue des Sucres" is a Qu\'ebecois version of the first two strains.
R: jig
K: G
   "D7"FE \
| "G"D2G D2G | DGA B2B | "C"cBc "D7"ABc | "C"e2d "D"BGE|
"G"D2G D2G | DGA B2B | "C"cBc "D7"DEF | "G"GBA G |]
   Bd \
| "G"g2g "D"fgf | "C"ece "G"d2B | "C"cBc "D7"ABc | "G"Bcd "C"e2"D7"d| 
"G"g2g "D"fgf | "C"ece "G"d2B | "C"cBc "D7"DEF | "G"GBA G |]
K: C
   "G7"E=F \
| "C"GAB c2d | e2f g3 | "Dm"def "G7"Gcd | "C"e2c "G7"GEF| 
"C"GAB c2d | e2f g3 | "Dm"def "G7"GAB | "C"ced c |]
   zG \
| "C"E2G E2G | EGc e3 | "G7"dBd fdB | "C"ced "G7"cGF| 
"C"E2G E2G | EGc e3 | "G7"dBd fdB | "C"c2e c |]

X:1
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T:Portland Fancy [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
E2A E2A|EAB c2c|dcd Bcd|f2e cAF|
E2A E2A|EAB c2c|dcd EFG|AcB Ace||
A2a gag|fdf e2c|dcd Bcd|cde f2e|
a2a gag|fdf e2c|dcd EFG|AcB AF=G||
K:D
ABc d2e|f2g a3|efg Ade|f2d AFG|
ABc d2e|f2g a3|efg ABc|d2f d3||
F2A F2A|FAd f3|ece gec|dfe dAG|
F2A F2A|FAd f3|ece gec|d3 d3|]

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