X:1
T:Herring Buss, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Hinton - Universal Magazine of Knowledge & Pleasure (November, 1750, p. 231)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
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HERRING BUSS, THE. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The country dance tune was printed in London publisher John Hinton's long-running periodical The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (November, 1750, p. 231). A herring buss [1] (or, in Dutch, Haringbuis) was a type of seagoing fishing vessel, mostly used by Dutch and Flemish herring fishermen in the 15th through early 19th centuries.
Herring Buss, by Roeland RoghmanJohn Walsh printed an unrelated country dance and tune with the same title.
