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Theme code Index	11H65 11H65
Also known as	Gamest Toast (The)
Composer/Core Source	John Peacock, Biography:Ellis Knowles
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	One part, AABB
Editor/Compiler	John Peacock
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Favorite collection of tunes with variations adapted for the Northumberland small pipes violin or flute
Tune and/or Page number	p. 7
Year of publication/Date of MS	1805
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X:1
T:General Toast, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 512, p. 196)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>AG g>fg|edc B2A|G>AG g>fg|e3 d3|
G>AG g>fg|edc B2A|G>AG edc|B2A G3:|
|:Bcd d3e>dc B2G|B>cd d>gd|cBA G3|
Bcd d3|e>dc B2G|B>cd d>gd|cBA G3:|]

X:1
T:General Toast
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:F
F>GF fef | dcd c2F | F>GF fef | d3c3 | 
F>GF fef | dcd c2A | B>cB cdc | G3F2F :|
|: A>Bc c3 | c>BA G2F | A>Bc c>dc | B>AG F3 | 
A>Bc c3 | c>BA G2F | A>Bc c>fc | B>AG F3 :|

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