X:1
T:Young Roger [2]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B: Young – Second Volume of the Dancing Master, 1st edition (1710, No. 190)
K:D
d2A B>cd AGF|E2e Bcd c>BA/G/|FAF GBG FAF|Edc Bed ceA:|
|:d2f c2e BdB|cde Bcd c>BA|def gac BaB|AGF Edc dAF:|
|:D2F E2G f>GA|(BA)G (FE)D (B,E)A,|(DF)A (EG)B (FA)d|(BA)G (FE)D (A,E)F:|
|:DFA def cde|Bcd efg def|cde fga fdB|AGF Edc dAF:|]
YOUNG ROGER [2]. English, Country Dance tune (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The melody and dance instructions were published by Walsh & Randall in The New Country Dancing Master, 2nd Book and in John Young's Second Volume of the Dancing Master in the same year, 1710. The tune and dance were retained in all four editions of Young's Second Volume of the Dancing Master, through the fourth edition of 1728. It also was printed in Walsh & Hare's The Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (1719).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Offord (John of the Green: Ye Cheshire Way), 1985; p. 36. Young (Second Volume of the Dancing Master, 1st edition), 1710; No. 190.
