Annotation:First of April (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
FIRST OF APRIL, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Published before 1730 according to Raven, though Barnes and Johnson date it c. 1773.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. S. Johnson (Twenty-Eight Country Dances as Done at the New Boston Fair), vol. 8, 1988; p. 4. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 27.
Recorded sources: