X:1
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T:The Riddle [1]
B:J. Johnson Choice Collection, Vol. 6, no. 137, 1751
Z:vmp.Steve Mansfield 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
e | dcB A2e | abg aec | dfd cec | B3- B2d |
cBA edc | fed agf | edc BAG | A3- A2:|
|: f | eGA Bcd | edc B2d | cBA edc | Tf3 e2g |
f/g/af ece | fdf ecA | c/d/ec BEG | A3- A2:|]
RIDDLE [1], THE. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody, with country dance instructions, was published in London by John Walsh in his Compleat Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Third (c. 1749) and by John Johnson in A Choice Collection of Favourite Country Dances, vol. 6 (1751).
