X:2
T:Fumbler (1) (The)
M:C|
L:1/8
B:Baldwin - The London Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer,
B:Vol. 19, April, 1750, p. 182.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
G2D2B2G2|d2B2 B4|A2D2c2A2|B2G2 G4|B2G2e2B2|d2b2a2g2|
f2B2{d}c2 BA|B4 B4::d2=B2d2g2|e2c2c2B2|c2A2c2f2|
d2B2B2A2|G2D2B2G2|d2g2^f2g2|d2G2{B}A2 G^F|G4 G4||
FUMBLER [1], THE. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody first appears in print in Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1750), and in the periodical London Magazine, or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer (p. 182, 1750). It also appears in Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master, vol. the Fifth (London, 1754).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 48.
