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LADY SPELLOR. AKA - "Lady Spillers." AKA and see "Soldier's Life." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. The melody was published by John Playford in his English Dancing Master [1] (1651). "Lady Spellor" was retained in subsequent editions of the long-running series through the eighth edition of 1690, after which it was deleted. Playford also printed another version of the same tune, under the title "Soldier's Life."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 52, p. 27. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 39 (a facsimile copy of the Playford original). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1994; p. 34.
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