Annotation:Little Devil (The)

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LITTLE DEVIL, THE. English, Country Dance (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears unique to the Samuel, Ann and Peter Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788). The title may refer to one of a few period performers who called themselves by the sobriquet of "The Little Devil." John Watlen's Celebrated Circus Tunes (1791) makes reference to a performer called "The Little Devil."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Thompson's (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; No. 133, p. 67.

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