X: 1
T:Foston Meads. JJo3.096
B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 3 1744
Z:vmp.Anne Wride 2014 www.village-music-project.org.uk
M:6/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=120
F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Johnson/JohnsonVol3(Dec14).abc
K:G
G/A/ | B2 A GDG/A/ | B2c d3 | ecc dBB | cAA A2 :|
|:d/e/ |f2e dAd/e/ | f2g a3 | BGG cAA | dBB A2 G/A/ | Bdg agf | g3-g2 :|
W:(NB Original time signature 6/8 but with note values of 6/4)
W: The 1st Cu. cast off one Cu.
W:cast up again
W:the 1st Man turn teh 2d Wo.
W:the 1st Wo. does teh same
W:Cross and turn your Partner
FOSTON MEADS. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In addition to the mid-18th century London country dance publications of Johnson, Rutherford and Walsh listed below, "Foston Meads" can be found in the music manuscript collections of Walter Rainstorp (Cheapside, London, 1747) and Thomas Hammersley (London, 1790).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - John Johnson (A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1744; No. 96, p. 48. David Rutherford (Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances), 1756; p. 29. John Walsh (Fourth Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''''), 1747; p. 153.
