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RAVENSCROFT'S FANCY. English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCDE. The title points to association with Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1588 – 1635), an English musician, theorist and editor, notable as a composer of rounds and catches, and especially for compiling collections of British folk music.

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Printed sources : - John Simpson (The Delightful Pocket Companion, vol. 2), 1745; Part 1, p. 9. John Walsh (Third Book of the most Celebrated Jiggs, Lancashire Hornpipes, Scotch and Highland Lilts, Northern Frisks, Morris's and Cheshire Rounds), 1731; No. 2.

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