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X:1 T:Snuff Box by W.M M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|d2 fd AFDc|d2 fd egfe|d2 fd AFDF|GEFD CE E2:| G|FDAD BDAD|FE/D/ FE/D/ CEEG|FDAF BDAD|FE/D/ FE/D/ A,DDG| FDAF BDAD|FE/D/ FE/D/ CEEG|FAdf ecdB|AFGE FD D3||

SNUFF BOX. English, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821, attributed to “W.M.” (photocopy in ed. possession).

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