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X: 1 T:Topsy Turvy. Ru1.153 B:Rutherford's Country Dances Vol 1, 1756 Z:village music project, Steve Mansfield July 2015 M:C| L:1/8 N:First note is crotchet in MS, I have halved it to equalise the bar W:Cast of[f] two Cu. .| Cast up Again :| Cross over W:two Cu .| Lead up to the top foot it and cast off :| Q:2/4=60 K:F fcfc fa2g/f/ | ecec eg2f/e/ | fcfc Ac2B/A/ | Bd2B A2F2 || "NB"Bd2 c/B/ AF A/B/c/A/ | bg2f e2c2 | Bd2c/B/ AF A/B/c/A/ | af2c A2F2 |]



TOPSY TURVY. AKA - "Topsey Turvey." AKA and see "Bonny Breast Knot (1) (The)," "Breast Knot (1) (The)," "Looking Glass (1)." English, Reel (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Rutherford), AABB One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. See also “Breast Knot (1) (The).”


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Printed sources : - John Johnson (A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4), 1748; p. 88. David Rutherford (Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances), 1756; p. 77.






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