X:1
T:Grand Turk's Dance, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 9)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
F|BFF DFF|BFF dBB|cFF DFF|cFF ecc|
dBB dfd|cAc cfc|dcB ABG|F3-F2:|
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GRAND TURK'S DANCE, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Dance instructions (but no music) were inscribed in Nancy Shepley's Book, a short c. 1794 copybook collection of country dances compiled by Nancy Shepley, of Pepperell, Massachusetts. The music was entered into the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; p. 9. Geoff Woolfe (William Winter’s Quantocks Tune Book), 2007; No. 36, p. 25 (ms. originally dated 1850).
