Annotation:Bury Assembly

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BURY ASSEMBLY. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). England, East Anglia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was composed by J. Reeve, who also contributed another composition to J. Gray's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1812, published at Bury St. Edmunds, East Anglia. The title refers to a dance assembly in the town.

Bury Assembly is briefly mentioned in an anecdote about the St. John's College educated Rev. William Cole, the son of a tallow-chandler in Bury St. Edmunds. His pride was excessive (as was his brother's, who was an excellent lawyer, "but very haughty and stately"), and so intense that it was "disgustful to everyone." He was not spared by the sharp tongue of an elderly townswoman, however:

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