Cure of All Grief (The)

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Theme code Index	1H1H3H5H 4H1H3H1H
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Frank Kidson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old English Country Dances
Tune and/or Page number	p. 7
Year of publication/Date of MS	1890
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CURE OF ALL GRIEF. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The cure of all grief" is the name of a song by London bass singer and composer Richard Leveridge (1670-1758), from around 1730. It was adapted as a country dance utne and printed by John Johnson in his Choice Collection of 200 Favouite Country Dances (vol. IV, pg. 7, 1748). It was also published in London by I. Walsh in his Caledonian Country Dances (vol. II, part 1, pg 78, also printed in 1748).

Printed source: Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; p. 7.

X:1
T:Cure of all Grief
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Frank Kidson - Old English Country Dances  (1890)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
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f2g a3|gfe d2g|fge d3::a2g fga|g2f g3|g2f efg|
f2e f3|d2A d2e|f2g a3|gfe d2g|fge d3:||