First of August (The)
X:1
T:First of August, The
M:2/2
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (1740, p. 61)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
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|:f2 gf e2 dc|dfed c2 BA|Bcde cdef|defg e4|
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X:1
T:First of August, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:John Thomas music manuscript collection (Wales, 1752, p. 23)
F:https://viewer.library.wales/5130424#?xywh=26%2C258%2C2497%2C2097&cv=48
N:Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:
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f2 gf e2 fe|dfed c2 BA|BcdB cdec|defg {g}e4!D.C.!||
X:1
T:First of August, The
T:Y Dydd Cyntav o Aust
M:C
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:William Bingley - North Wales...delineated from two excursions, vol. 2 (1804).
N:From a section entitled "Sixtenn Admired Welsh Airs" (p. 1)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
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|:e3e fedc|c2 c>d {c}B2 AG|ABcA BcdB|cdef e2d2|
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X:2
T:First of August, The
T:Dydd cyntaf o Awst, Y
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:Edward Jones - Musical, Poetical and Historical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2 (1802, p. 104)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
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(G>G)G>F E2E2|A2 A>G G2G2|ABcA Bcdf|e2c2c3z:|
|:e2 (e>f) d2 cB|c2 c>d {c}(B2 AG)|ABcA BcdB|cdef (e2d2)|
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X:1
T:Y Dydd cyntaf o Awst
T:First of August, The
M:C|
L:1/8
N:”The tune is commonly danced in Wales as a Hornpipe.”
R:"A Hornpipe"
B: Edward Jones – The Bardic Museum (1810, p. 104)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
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(G>A)G>F .E2.E2|.A2 A>B .G2.G2|ABcA Bcdf|.e2.c2c3z:|
|:e2 (e>f) d2 cB|c2 c>d {c}(B2 AG)|ABcA BcdB|cdef (e2d2)|
(G>A)G>F E2E2|A2 A>B G2G2|ABcA BcdB|.e2.c2 c4:|]
X:31
T:First of August. MBe.31
A:England;Cumbria;Towcett
B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815
Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012
T:Glorious First of August,aka. MBe.31
T:Weaver's March,aka. MBe.31
T:Frisky Jenny,aka. MBe.31
T:Come Jolly Bacchus,aka. MBe.31
T:Charles of Sweden,aka. MBe.31
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/2=80
R:
C:in margin-'M.B.'
K:D
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