X:47
T:Welcome Home Again [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
F|B>cB>F|B>cB>F|B>cd>e|f3 g|f>gf>b|f>gf>b|fedc|B3:|
|:g|_.b(agf)|.g(gfe)|.f(fed)|e3 e|.f(fed)|.e(edc)|dcBA|
B2F2|B>cB>F|B>cB>F|Bcde|f3 g|ffbb|ffdd|BBFF|B,3:||
WELCOME HOME AGAIN [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance collection.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 47.