Annotation:Newmarket (2)
X:1 T:Newmarket (second part) M:6/4 L:1/8 N:”Longways for as many as will.” B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth B: (London, 1740, No. 60) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C e6g6|c3B c2 d2B2G2|A3BA2 c4F2|E4F2 G4e2| f6e6|d3c d2 e2c2A2|B4c2 c4B2|(c6c4)|| AB|c3d c2G2A2_B2|A3G A2 F3ED2|f6A3Bc2|(B6B4)G2| (E2G2)c2A2F3E|(F2A2)d2B2G2d2|e2c4c4B2|(c6c4)||
NEWMARKET [2]. AKA - "Newmarket (Second Part)." English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody and dance directions were first published by John Playford in his Dancing Master, 7th edition (London, p. 160). It was retained in the long-running Dancing Master series through the 18th and final edition of 1728, published at that time in London by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concerns. It was also published by John Wlash in London in his Compleat Country Dancing Master (1718, and susequent editions of 1731 and 1754).
