Annotation:Miss Woffingtone's Minuet

MISS WOFFINGTONE'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. The melody appears in the 1768 Gillespie Manuscript of Perth.

There came over to Dublin, as a show, a beautiful little foreigner, a female, about twenty-five years of age, and not above three feet high. Previous to this she had been at most of the courts of Europe She was elegantly formed, and had a very handsome face: her conversation, accomplishments and polite manner were captivating.

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