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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. AKA and see "Bill Clancy's Delight," "Ladies' Delight," "Pretty Peggy (1)." Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The "Snuff Mill" melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821, attributed to “W.M.” (photocopy in ed. possession). Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks or where he may have obtained his title for this tune. The melody probably has a Scottish provenance, but also appears in O'Neill's collection (as "Bill Clancy's Delight" and in the Boston-published Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) as "Ladies' Delight."

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