X: 1
T:Sylvia's Serenade. PFD2.309
T:Kingston Hoy,aka. PFD2.309
B:Playford's Dancing Master, Vol 2, 1713-28
Z:vmp.Steve Mansfield 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk
M:3/2
L:1/4
W:Longways for as many as will.
W:Note: Each Strain is to be play'd twice over.
W:First Cu. dance down the Middle, cross over below the 3d Cu. then
W:slip Outside above the 3d Cu. and change Places .| The 2d Cu. do the same |:
W:First Wo. Sett to the 2d Wo. and cast off; first Wo. Sett to the 2d Man and
W:cast off; all four turn single .| Clap Hands, Sides thus, clap Hands on
W:your Thighs, clap Hands, and clap a-cross twice, then with your Partner;
W:the first Cu. cast off and turn |:
Q:2/4=90
N:Repeats not in Mss, added to match dance instruction
N:* All =B are ^B in Mss
K:Dm
FA/G/ FA FD | Ad/c/ "*"=Be ^cA | f2 e2 d2 | ag/f/ e/f/e/d/ ^cA |
FA/G/ FA FD | Ad/c/ "*"=Be ^cA | f2 e2 d2 | ag/f/ (e/f/) (e/d/) d2 :|
|: Ac/B/ Ac AF | A/c/ f/c/ A/c/ f/c/ AF | GB/A/ GB GE | E/G/ c/G/ E/G/ c/G/ EC |
FA/G/ FA FD | fe/f/ g/f/e/d/ ^ce | ag fe d2 | B/A/G/F/ (E/F/) E/D/ D2 :|
SYLVIA'S SERENADE. AKA - "Kingston Hoy." English, Country Dance Tune and Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. London music publisher printed the tune in 1726 in the Third Volume of the Dancing Master, 2nd edition, as "Kingston Hoy."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - John Offord (John of the Green: Ye Cheshire Way), 1985. p. 61. John Walsh (The Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master), London, 1719; p. 332.John Young (The Second Volume of the Dancing Master, 3rd edition), London, 1718; p. 309.
Recorded sources : - Leveret - "New Anything" (2015).
See also listing at : Hear/see the tune played by Leveret at youtube.com [1]
