Annotation:Happy Captive (1) (The)
X: 1 T: The Happy Captive [1] O:england S: Thompson 1777 N: From Apted Book of Country Dances N: abc version by Robert Bley-Vroman vroman@hawaii.edu 14 October 1996 M: 6/8 L: 1/8 F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/england.abc K:D |: A | d2d A2G | F>EF D2A | B2A G2F | F3 E2E | A2 A B2B | c>Bc A2A | d2d e2e | f>ef d2F | B>cd e>fg | A>Bc d2A | B2B A>GA | D3-D2 :| |: F/D/ | A2A A2A | A3-A2 B/A/ | d2d d>ef | d3-d2 A | B>cd e>fg| A>Bc d2A | B2G A2A | D3-D2 :|
HAPPY CAPTIVE [1]. AKA and see "Dusky Night (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Longman and Broderips Compleat Collection of 200 Favorite Country Dances (London, 1781), and in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4 (London, 1780).
