Annotation:Britannia's Promise
X:1 T:Brittania's Promise M:2/4 L:1/8 B:John Hinton - The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (1759, p. 39) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A f|eAcA|GABd|cAeA|fAaA|eAcA|GABd|cAac|A/A/A A2:| |:E|CEAc|BEcE|BE ec|BAGE|CEAc|BEcE|afec|A/A/A A:| |:d|cAGA|EGBd|cAac|{c}(BA)GB|EGBd|cAac|BdcB|A/A/A A:|]
BRITTANIA'S PROMISE. AKA and see "Trip to Gallaway." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody first appeared in John Hinton's periodical Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (London, 1759, p. 39) where it is described as "a new country dance," followed by a printing in R. Baldwin's London Magazine, or The Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer (London, November, 1762). Twenty years later London music publishing family the Thompsons published it in their Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 4 (1780) under the title "Trip to Gallaway."
