Annotation:Gun (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
GUN, THE. AKA and see "Valiant Captain (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). The melody was first published in the first edition of John Playford's The English Dancing Master (1651). It was retained in each edition of the series through the eighth edition of 1690 (in the edition of 1670 the alternate title "The Valiant Captain" was added).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 33, p. 24. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 41.
Recorded sources: