Annotation:Contrafatte (La)
X:98 T:Contrefatte. THO4.98, La A:England; London O: M:6/8 L:1/8 Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2010/11.from a transcription by Fynn Titford-Mock 2007 B:Thompson's Compleat Coll. of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vol.IV. 1773-80 Q:3/8=110 K:G D|G2 G G2 D|G2 D B2 d|c2B A2 G|FGA D2 D| G2 G G2 D|G2 D B2 d|c2B AGF|G3-G2:| |:B/d/|e2 G G2 c/e/|d2 G G2 c|c2B A2 G|FGA DG/B/d| e2 G G2 c/e/|d2 G G2 c|c2B AGF|G3-G2:|
CONTREFATTE, LA. English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody (as "La Contrefatte") was published in Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol 4 (London, 1780, No. 98).
Printed source: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 29 (appears as "The Contrefatto).
