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X:1 T:Surrender of Copenhagen M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Goulding & Co. – Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808 (London) N:”With proper Tune & Directions to each Dance (as they may be N:performed at Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblys.” Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock Z:abcs’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2G GFG|D2G GFG|D2G GFG|ABA d2d| B2G GFG|D2G GFG|D2G EcB|AGF G3:| |:d|B2e e^de|A2d d^cd|G2c cBc|c2c BAB| A2G GFG|D2G GFG|D2G GFG|AGF G2:||

SURRENDER OF COPENHAGEN. English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In 1807 the Danish fleet and the city of Copenhagen were taken by the British under Lord Cathcart in a pre-emptive move to prevent the ships being used by Napoleon. Cathcart also gets a nod in Goudling’s volume with the tune “Lord Cathcart’s Reel.”

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Goulding (Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808), 1808; No. 24.

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