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 Theme code Index    3546 3547L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John Johnson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 6
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 53
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1751
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 Score   (1)   




X:23 T:Wild Goose. Ru1.103, The F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RutherfordVol1/2248/p52 L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 N:NB the final note of each part is given as a quaver in the original. I have altered it to a crotchet K:D TF2AF G/G/G BG| TF2AF G/F/E/D/ CE|F2AF G/G/G BG|AFdF D/D/D "NB"D2:| |:pafdf Te>def|dBAF G/F/E/D/ CE|afdf Te>def|dBTA>F D/D/D D2:| W:The first Couple sets to the 2d. Wo. & Hands W:round 3 .| the same to the Man :| Hands round W:all 4 with the 2d. Couple .|. Right Hand & Left W:into the 2d. Couples place :|


X:1 T:Wild Goose, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Rutherford – Rutherford’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite B:Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, c. 1760, No. 103, p. 52) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D TF2 AF G/G/G BG|TF2 AF G/F/E/D/ CE|F2 AF G/G/G BG|AFdF D/D/D D:| |:afdf Te>def|dBAF G/F/E/D/ CE|afdf Te>def|dBTA>F D/D/D D:|