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X:1 T:Ace of Diamonds M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:"Allegretto" O:"Danish" R:Country Dance Tune B:Robbins Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels and Country Dances (NY, 1933; No. 118, p. 38) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G [B2g2] [Gd]e/d/|[GB][GB] [GB]c/B/|[FA][FA] [FA]B/-A/|1 GG G2:|2 G3 G|| [G3B3][Ac]|[B3d3][ce]|dccd|cBBG|[G3B3][Ac]|[B3d3][Bg]| [Af]>[Af] [Af][Af]|[B3g3]g|e>e g>e|e-d.d.d|.f.f.f.f| .a.g.g.g|[ce][ce] [eg]>[ce]|e-d.d.d f>f ff|[B2g2]z2||

ACE OF DIAMONDS. Danish (Originally), American; Contra Dance Tune (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. Laufman indicates the children's couple dance, and presumably the tune, are from Scandinavia. This is confirmed by the parenthetical "Danish" in the Robbins collection.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; p. 21. Robbins Music Corp. (The Robbins collection of 200 jigs, reels and country dances), New York, 1933; No. 118, p. 38.

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