Bashful Swain (The)
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|: DE | F2A2A2 =B^c | d2A2A2f2 | e2d2e2 d^c | d6 :: fg | a2f2f2a2 |
g2c2c2e2 | f2d2d2 (d/e/f) | e2A2A2FG | AGAB AGFG | AGAB A2f2 | e2d2e2 (d^c) | d6 :|
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BASHFUL SWAIN, THE. English, Country Dance (2/2 or cut time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was first published in Playford's Dancing Master (3rd vol.) of 1728, the series then being published in London by John Young.
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1989. Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 5. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 17.
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