Annotation:Love Port and Sherry

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LOVE, PORT AND SHERRY. English; Air, Jig and Country Dance. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Popularized in modern times by collector, publisher, and musician Peter Kennedy, "Love, Port, and Sherry" was the title of a song celebrating the Battle of Traflgar. It was printed in W. Power's Power's Collection of Country Dances (Dublin, c. 1812).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; p. 39. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 100.

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