Cupid's Frolic (2)
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CUPID'S FROLIC [2]. English, "Old" (Triple) Hornpipe (3/2 time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was first published by Charles and Samuel Thompson in their Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). As with numerous tunes from the Thompson's 1773 collection, it was copied into the 1788 music manuscript collection of fiddler John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.).
Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 128.
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