Annotation:Sword Dance (3) (The)
X:1 T:Sword Dance [3], The T:Strum M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B: Young – Second Volume of the Dancing Master, 1st edition (1710, p. ) K:Dmin G2d G2E F3|G2d c2A GD^C|D2d D2e F3|D2d c2A GE^C:| |:D2a g2fe3|c>dc e2f gec|d2a g2f ea2|Ae2 c2A GE^C:|]
SWORD DANCE [3], THE. AKA - "Strum." English, Country Dance (9/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Sword Dance [3]" along with the alternate title, "Strum", was printed in all four editions of London music publisher John Young's Second Volume of the Dancing Master (c. 1710-1728). It was also published by rival London publisher John Walsh in his New Country Dancing Master, vol. 2 (1710) and The Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (1719).
