Annotation:Merry Tarpawlin (The)
X:1 T:Marry Tarpawlin, The M:C L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:John Hinton - Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, B:June, 1750, p. 271 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d2|(ga b2) (ag f2)|g2d2d2e2|d4 c4|B6 b2|b2 g2 (ga b2)| a2f2 (fga2)|(gfed) A2^c2|d6::d2|d2 cB c2c2|c2a4c2| c2BA B2B2|B2g4B2|cBcd edef|g2 fe d2c2|B2g2A2f2|g2 G4:|]
MERRY TARPAWLIN, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody and dance directions were printed by John Hinton in his periodical The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (London, June, 1750, p. 271). Later that year it appeared in John Johnson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1750, p. 20).
