Annotation:Devil's Dream (Old)

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DEVIL'S DREAM (Old). English, Jig. G Dorian. AABB. Standard tuning (fiddle). The melody first appeared in the 2nd edition of John Playford's Dancing Master (London, 1652) and was retained in the long-running series through the 18th and last volume, published in London by John Young in 1728. It also appears in Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, editions of 1718, 1731 & 1754).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 118, p. 39. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 7.

Recorded sources:

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