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COTILLON [4] (Youth's the Season). AKA - "Tony's Rant," "Zoney's Rant." English, Air. The air appears in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729, Air XXII) under the title "Youth's the season made for joys." As "Cottillion" [sic] as the main title, and "Youth's the season" as the alternate title, the piece appears in the music manuscript copybook collection of London musician Thomas Hammersley (c. 1790).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 57.
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