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LORD MAYOR'S DELIGHT. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Lord Mayor's Delight" appears in Henry Playford's Second Part of the Dancing Master (London, 1698), a second-edition supplement to the 9th edition of the Dancing Master. It appeared in all subsequent editions of the Dancing Master until the end of the long running series in 1728, with the 18th edition (then published by John Young). The melody also was printed in the Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, 1718, reprinted in 1731).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 77.

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