X:1
T:Begin the Dance
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:T. Skillern - Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1782 (p. 10)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A|F2D DED|dcB A3|g2e f2d|c2d ecA|
F2D DFD|dcB A3|g2e f2d|faA d2:|
|:d|aba afd|c2d ecA|aba afd|agf e2d|
aba afd|c2d ecA|F2D DED|gfe d3:|]
BEGIN THE DANCE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also appears in Longman, Lukey, & Broderip's Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillons (c. 1776).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Skillern (Skillern's Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1782), p. 10. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; No. 179, p. 89.
