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Theme code Index	5534 6655
Also known as	Dydd cyntaf o Awst (Y), Frisky Jenny, Gallant Weaver (The), Glorious First of August, Weaver's March (The), Twenty-First of August, Tenth of June (The), Come Jolly Bacchus, Charles of Sweden, Liffey Banks (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Daniel Wright
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances
Tune and/or Page number	p. 61
Year of publication/Date of MS	1740
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X:1
T:First of August, The
M:2/2
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (1740, p. 61)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A2A2F2 GA|B2B2 A4|BcdB cdec|fgfe d4:|
|:f2 gf e2 dc|dfed c2 BA|Bcde cdef|defg e4|
A2A2F2 GA|B2B2 A4|Bcd2 cde2|fgfe d4:|]

X:2
T:First of August, The
T:Dydd cyntaf o Awst, Y
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:Edward Jones - Musical, Poetical and Historical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2 (1802, p. 104)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
(G>A)G>F E2E2|A2A2 G4|(AB)c2 (Bc) d2| egfe (e2d2)|
(G>G)G>F E2E2|A2 A>G G2G2|ABcA Bcdf|e2c2c3z:|
|:e2 (e>f) d2 cB|c2 c>d {c}(B2 AG)|ABcA BcdB|cdef (e2d2)|
(G>A)G>F E2E2|A2 A>B G2G2|ABcA BcdB|e2c2 c4:|]

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