Boscawen's Frolick

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Theme code Index	72 6L
Also known as	Boscawen's Frolic
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4, 6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	No. 77
Year of publication/Date of MS	1765
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BOSCAWEN'S FROLICK. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 country dance collection. The title probably refers to a victory of Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-1761), who distinguished himself at the taking of Porto Bello in 1730 and the Acadian fortress of Louisburg in 1758, and in saving England from a French invasion fleet in 1759.

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 77.

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T:Boscawen's Frolick
M:4/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
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