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X:1 T:Balk, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (1740, p. 49) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin G2 D4 B2|G4 B4|A2F2f2c2|A4 c4| B2G2d2g2|^f4 d4|(ed)(cB) A2d2|B4 G4|| G2 Bc d2 Bc|d2B2G2B2|A2 AB c2 AB|c2A2F2f2| d2 ga b2 ag|a2g2^f2 ^ef|g2 a2 a3g|g4 g4||

BAULK, THE. AKA - "The Balk." English, American; Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, New England. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in Johnson's Wright's Collection (London, c. 1740), volume I, 49, and in Thompson's 200 Country Dances, volume II (London, 1765).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].

Printed sources : - Seattle (Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 291. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 180. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances), c. 1745; p. 36. Wright (Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances), 1740; p. 49.

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