Annotation:Jack Austin's Humour

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JACK AUSTIN'S HUMOUR. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was first published in John Hinton's Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (London, November, 1753, p. 223). Subsequently it appeared in John Johnson's 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7 (London, 1756), and Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 country dance collection.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 74.

Recorded sources:

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