X:1
T:Devil's dead, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1740, p. 80)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
F2A4c2|f3gf2c2|f3g fg a2|F2A4c2|
f3g fgag|f2d2c2A2|G4d4||
F2A4c2|dcBA c2F2|dcBA c2F2|dcBA d2G2|
F2A4c2|dcBA f3g|agfd cecA|d4G4||
DEVIL'S DEAD, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A syncopated tune, with seven measures in the first strain. The melody appears unique to Wright's 1740 collection (printed in London by John Johnson).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Wright (Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances), 1740; p. 80.
