Annotation:Wotton Underhedge Fair

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X:1 T:Wotton Underhedge Fair M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G c|BGB def|gfe dcB|cAA eAA|cAA A2c| BGB def|gfe dcB|cAg faf|gdB G2:| |:c|BGB d2B|cAA e2c|BGG d2B|cAA A2c| BGG d2B|cAA e2c|BGB def|gdB G2:|| |:d|gfe dcB|gfg dcB|gfe dcB|cAA A2d| gfe dcB|gfg dcB|cAg faf|gdB G2:||

WOTTON UNDERHEDGE FAIR. English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The title refers to the Cotswold town of Wotton-Under-Edge (the Edge being a limestone enscarpment). The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance collection. See also another tune named for the town, "Wooton Underhedge Assembly."

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Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 139.

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