Annotation:Now or Never (1)
X:1 T:Now or Never [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:William Vickers' music manuscripts, p. 22 (1770) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|FDDF GEEG|FDDg f2e2|FDDF GEEG|FDEC D2 D:| |:f|afdB gecA|fdBf f2 (ef/g/)|afdB gecA|fdAc d2D2:||
NOW OR NEVER [1]. English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in Northumbrian musician William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection [1] (p. 22). This duple-time country dance tune and steps were published in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 3 (Lodnon, c. 1772-73), Straight and Skillern's Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1775), and Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4 (London, 1788).
A different tune of the same name, a jig, was printed by John Johnson in his Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4 (London, 1748),
