X: 1
T:Last merry Night. JJo3.199
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=110
F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Johnson/JohnsonVol3(Dec14).abc
K:G
d | BGB d2g | !trill!f2g!trill!f2g | BGB d2e | dcBA2 :|
|: d |ec/d/edB/c/d| cBAg2d | ec/d/edB/c/d | cBAG2:|
W:(N.B. This tune is written in D in the original but works much better in G)
W:First Cu. foot and cast off
W:Same back again
W:Cross over and half figure
W:Foot double 4 Corners without turning
W:Lead three sides without turning
LAST MERRY NIGHT, THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB; AABB (Winter). The tune was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - John Johnson (A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 3), 1744; No. 199. David Rutherford (Rutherford's Country Dances vol. 1), 1756; No. 152. John Walsh (Fourth Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master), 1747; p. 114. Geoff Woolfe (William Winter’s Quantocks Tune Book), 2007; No. 56, p. 30 (ms. originally dated 1850).
