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Theme code Index	5212 47L5L2
Also known as	Island of Love, Cupid’s Recruiting Sergeants
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4, 2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 96, p. 34
Year of publication/Date of MS	1782
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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T:Cupid’s Recruiting Sergeants
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
S:Thomas Nixon music manuscript collection, c. 1778 (p. 33)
N:Nixon (1762-1842) was a fifer in the American War of Independence, 
N:from the age of 13. He lived in Framingham, Connecticut. 
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B>c d>BA>B G2 A>B|c>FA>F D>FA>c|B>gf>e d>cB>A|B2 GG G2:||
BG|dBed Td2 Bc|dBe>d Tc2 B>c|dBg>f e>dc>B|A2 A>A A2 B>c|
d>B A>B G2 A>B|c>AF>A D>FA>c|G>bf>e d>cB>A|B2 G>G G2||

X:1 
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T:Cupid’s Recruiting Serjeant
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 96, p. 34)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(B/c/)|dBAB|G2 AB|cAFA|DFAc|Bgfe|dcBA|
B2 G>G|G3::(B/c/)|dBec|d3 B/c/|dBec|D3 B/c/|
dBgf|edcB|A2 A>A|A3 B/c/|dBAB|G2 AB|
cAFA|DFAc|Bgfe|dcBA|B2G>G|G3:|]

X:14025
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T:Recruiting Serjeant. WM.065
T:Cupid's Recruiting Sergeant. WM.065
M:C
L:1/8
Q:200
S:Wm.Mittell's MS,New Romney,Kent,1799
R:Reel
O:England
A:Kent
N:D
Z:vmp.Chris Partington
K:G
B/c/|dBAB G2AB|cAFAD2Ac|Bgfe dcBA|G2GGG3:|]

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