Busy Body (The)

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 Theme code Index    3H2H 53 31H 52H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 167
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1765
 Artist    
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 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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BUSY BODY, THE. English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 country dance collection.

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 167.


X:1
T:Busy Body, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:F
agf efd|cdB A2F|ABc f3|cef g3|aba gaf|
efd c2A|ABc def|gfe f3::AFA ABc|BGB Bcd|
AFA ABc|BGg f3|AFA ABc|BGB Bcd|egf eag|cfe f3:||


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