X:1
T:Jack's Delight [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G2G2|A2D2|TD2 AG|E/E/E E2|(ga/b/) ag|
Tf2 ed|TB2 AG|D/D/D D2:||:(Bd)dc/d/|ec Tc2|
(Ac)cB/c/|dB TB2|(GB)BA/B/|cAAB/c/|dBcA|G/G/G G2:||
JACK'S DELIGHT [2]. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This version of the tune was printed in London by Charles and Samuel Thompson in their 1757 country dance collection. The second strain is shared with the John Walsh's "Jack's Delight (4)" although the first strains differ.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 190.
