X:14
T:First of April. THO4.014, The
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:A
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FIRST OF APRIL, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to have been first published by the firm of Longman, Lukey & Broderip in Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillons (London, 1776, (III, p. 91). It also appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4 (London, 1780, No. 14).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. S. Johnson (Twenty-Eight Country Dances as Done at the New Boston Fair, vol. 8), 1988; p. 4. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 27.
