X:1
T:Pleasures of Salisbury, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 32)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
D|FGA Bcd|efg fdA|BAB Acd|AGF E2D|
FGA Bcd|efg fdA|BAB Agf|edc d2:|
|:(c/d/)|ecA ecA|fdB fdB|Bcd AGF|GEE E2E|
FED GFE|AGF BAG|Bgf edc|ddd d3:|]
PLEASURES OF SALISBURY, THE. English, Country Dance or Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was entered into Somerset fiddle player and shoemaker William Winter's (1774-1861) music manuscript collection (c. 1848-50).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; p. 32. Geoff Woolfe (William Winter's Quantocks Tune Book), 2007; No. 83, p. 38.
Recorded sources : - Outreach Music, Tom Hughes - "Merry Daze" (2011).