Snuff Box

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 Theme code Index    1H3H51 1H3H2H3H
 Also known as    Bill Clancy's Delight, Ladies' Delight, Lady Elizabeth Percy's Reel, Pretty Peg, Pretty Peggy (1)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John Burks
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:John Burks music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1821
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Snuff Box by W.M M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|d2 fd AFDc|d2 fd egfe|d2 fd AFDF|GEFD CE E2:| G|FDAD BDAD|FE/D/ FE/D/ CEEG|FDAF BDAD|FE/D/ FE/D/ A,DDG| FDAF BDAD|FE/D/ FE/D/ CEEG|FAdf ecdB|AFGE FD D3||