X:18
T:Royal Archers [1] or... . Tho24CDs1792.18, The
T:Kentish Bowmen. Tho24CDs1792.18, The
M:4/4
Q:1/4=110
L:1/16
C:"90"
W: First Gent change Places with the 2d Lady .|
W: 1st Lady change Places with the 2d Gent :|
W: the same back again into your Places :|. :|
W: lead down the middle up again & cast off .:|
W: Right & Left.:||:.
B:Thompson 24 CDs 1792
Z:Village Music Project, Anne Wride, 2017
K:A
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ROYAL ARCHERS [1], THE. AKA and see "Kentish Bowmen (The)," "Miss Betsey Thoughtless." English, Reel and Country Dance (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. "The Royal Archers," with the alternate title "The Kentish Bowmen", was printed along with directions for a country dance in London publishers Samuel, Ann and Peter Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1792. However, it had earlier been published in John Hinton's periodical The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure in 1753 as "Miss Betsey Thoughtless."
