Annotation:Washington's Assembly
WASHINGTON'S ASSEMBLY. AKA - "Washington Assembly," "Washings Assembly." American, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody appears in a few American musicians' manuscripts of the very early 19th century, including the copybooks of Thomas Cushing (1805) and Seth Johnson ("Woburn Fife Manuscript", c. 1807-40?), however, the country dance directions for Washington('s) Assembly were entered into several period manuscript and printed dance figure collections. The tune formed the basis for at least one popular song ("Washington and Independence, or A Favorite Patriotic Song"). It was issued on a single sheet in Boston by music publisher Gottlieb Graupner around 1811.