Cook's Pursuit

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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	England/North East"England/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Vickers' music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 22
Year of publication/Date of MS	1770
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COOK'S PURSUIT. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, under the title "The Cooks Persuite."

X:1
T:Cook's Pursuit
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:William Vickers' music manuscript, p. 22  (1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
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