Annotation:Porto Bello (1)
X: 1 T:Porto Bello [1]. JJo3.112 B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 3 1744 Z:vmp.Anne Wride 2014 www.village-music-project.org.uk M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 K:F fcf gcg | a2AA3 | fcf fed | geg gab |afd ge^c | d2DD3 :: fgf fed | gag gfe |fga gab |a2AA3 | fgf fed | gag gab |afd ge^c | d2DD3 :| W:First Man turn the 2d Wo. and cast off W:the 2d. Wo. turn the 1st Man and cast off W:Lead to the Wall back again W:all four take Hands & go quite round W:The 1st Cu. lead thro' the 2d. Cu. and cast off and foot it to each other W:then turn Hands
PORTO BELLO [1]. AKA and see “Moudiewart (The),” “Mowdiewart (The).” English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). The tune and country dance were printed by London publisher John Walsh in his Caledonian Country Dances, book 3 (c. 1740) and his Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (c. 1744). The title references the Battle of Porto Bello [1], West Indies, taken from the Spanish by the English fleet commanded by Admiral Vernon in November, 1739 (see also "Portabello Hornpipe"). See also the similarly-titled “Portabella.”
