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Sheet Music for "Topsy Turvy. Ru1.153"Topsy Turvy. Ru1.153= 60NBCast of[f] two Cu. .| Cast up Again :| Cross overtwo Cu .| Lead up to the top foot it and cast off :|Book: Rutherford's Country Dances Vol 1, 1756Notes: First note is crotchet in MS, I have halved it to equalise the barTranscription: village music project, Steve Mansfield July 2015



TOPSY TURVY. AKA - "Topsey Turvey." AKA and see "Bonny Breast Knot (1) (The)," "Breast Knot (1) (The)," "Looking Glass (1)." English, Reel (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Rutherford), AABB One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. See also “Breast Knot (1) (The).”


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Printed sources : - John Johnson (A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4), 1748; p. 88. David Rutherford (Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances), 1756; p. 77.






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