Annotation:Croydon Fair (1)
X:1 T:Croydon Fair [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer, June 1756 (p. 293) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D DFA d2f|ecA BdB|AFD G2B|AFD EGE| DFA d2e|fdB ecA|dfa cea|dcB A3:| |:Ace Ace|EFG FED|Bdf Bdf|BAG F2E| DdA FDF|GdB GDF|GBd FAd|GFE D3:|
CROYDON FAIR [1]. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Croydon Fair" is a jig and country dance that was first printed in Richard Baldwin's periodical London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer of June, 1756 (p. 293). According to Thomas Frost,
