Annotation:Maiden's Blush (1) (The)

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MAIDEN'S BLUSH, THE. AKA - "Bump Her Belly." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The alternate title, given along with the proper title by John Young in his Second Volume of the Dancing Master, third edition (1718, p. 95) gives a more lascivious twist to the name of the tune. To 'belly-bump' or 'bump her belly' was to have coitus, while 'to get a belly-bumper' was to be pregnant with child. Young printed the tune and titles in his fourth and last edition of the work, printed in 1728.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 50.

Recorded sources:

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