X:1
T:Threshers [4], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
N:See also Vickers "The Thrashers"
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D|AFB Gec|d2D AFB|GEC D2::c/d/|ecA ^geg|a2A ece|=gec d2:|
|:d|[Dd][Dd][Dd] [Dd][Dd][Dd]|ee{ef}g fcd|[Dd][Dd][Dd] [Dd][Dd][Dd]|eec d2:|
|:f/g/|aaa afd|ggg gec||[Dd][Dd][Dd] [Dd][Dd][Dd]||eec d2:||
THRESHERS [4], THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody was printed in London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. A version of the tune was entered into Northumbrian musician William Vickers' c. 1770 music manuscript collection as "Thrashers (The)" where the first two parts of Vickers' four-part tune correspond to parts two and three of the Thompsons' tune. Vickers' third and fourth parts are different.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 79.
