Annotation:Silence
X:1 T:Silence T:Ladies Last Stake, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Thomas Straight – “24 Favourite Dances the Year 1783” (p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D f/g/|afd ecA|d3 A2=c|BAG gBe|c3-c2 f/g/| afd ecA|d3 A2=c|BAG E>dc|d3-d2:| |:c/d/|ecA ecA|a3 e2f|ecA AB^G|A3- A2F/G/| AFD BGE|c3- d2 f/g/|afd dec|d3-d2:|]
SILENCE. AKA and see "Ladies Last Stake (The)." English, Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Silence" is Thomas Straight's recycling of "Ladies Last Stake (The)," a country dance and tune printed by John Young early in the 18th century.
