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BRITTANIA'S PROMISE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody first appeared in John Hinton's periodical Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (London, 1759, p. 39) followed by a printing in R. Baldwin's London Magazine, or The Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer (London, 1762).

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Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 43.

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