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 Theme code Index    3546 3542
 Also known as    Drury Lane
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    English, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    ENGLAND(London and South East)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 113, p. 57
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Royal Circus, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, No. 113, p. 57) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F (F/G/)|AFc cBA|BGd dcB|Acd cBA|BGG G2 (F/G/)| AFc cBA|BGd dcB|Acf gae|fff f2:| |:(e/f/)|gec cdc|afc cdc|bag agf|efg c2c| dBd dgb|cAc cfa|bag agf|cde f2:|]


X: 1 T:Royal Circus M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Niel Gow - A 2nd Collection of Strathspey Reels (1788, p. 34) N:The tune is in a section headed: "The Following are a few of the N:most Fashionalbe Dance's Danced at Edinburgh in 1787 and -88." Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F F/G/|AF(c Tc>)BA|BGd {e}d>cB|AFc Tc>BA|BGG TG2 F/G/| AFc Tc>BA|BGd {e}d>cB|Acf gac|.f.f.f Tf2:| |:e/f/|gec Tc>dc|afc Tc>dc|.b.a.g .a.g.f|e>fg c2Tc| dBd dfb|cAc ~cfa|.b.a.g .a.g.f|cfe Tf2:|] S: Gow Collection D: Buddy MacMaster, Glencoe Hall, BM-91


X:2 T:Royal Circus M:6/8 L:1/8 R:March S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F F/G/ | AFc c>BA | BGd d>cB | AFc c>BA | BGG G2 F/G/ | AFc c>BA | BGd d>cB | Acf gae | fff f2 :| |: e/f/ | gec cdc | afd c>dc | .b.a.g .a.g.f | efg c2c | dBd dfb | cAc cfa | .b.a.g .a.g.f | cfe f2 :|]