Annotation:Alchurch

The melody was introduced in John Playford's Dancing Master, edition eight, in 1690, and appeared in all subsequent editions until the last, in 1728. It can also be found in John Walsh's Compleat Country Danceing Master (London, 1718).

Print sources: Barlow (The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985, p. 75. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 1), 1986.