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 Theme code Index    5356L 6L5L42
 Also known as    Mr. Jackson's Delight Quickstep
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    ENGLAND(North East)
 Structure    AABBCC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Longman Lukey & Broderip
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances
 Tune and/or Page number    Section 3, p. 13
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1776
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 Score   (1)   




X: 1 T: Wakefield Hunt %R: jig B: Chas & Sam Thompson "Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1779", London 1779, p.78 #1 F: http://www.vwml.org/browse/browse-collections-dance-tune-books/browse-thompsons1779 Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> (added dance description) M: 6/8 L: 1/8 F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/DftY/1779/Thompson.abc K: A % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |:\ e3 c2d | ecA F2E | FGA E2c | d2c B2A | e3 c2d | ecA F2E | FGA E2d | cdB A3 :| |:\ ecA fdB | ecA F2E | FGA E2c | d2c B2A | ecA fdB | ecA F2E | FGA E2d | cdB A3 :| |:\ [E2C2][EC] [F2D2][FD] | [E2C2]c d2c | Bdf ecA | G2A B3 | [E2C2][EC] [F2D2][FD] | [E2C2]c d2c | Bdf efd | cdB A3 :| % - - - - - - - - - - Dance description - - - - - - - - - - %%begintext align %% The First Gent: cast off & turn the 3d Lady .|. first %% Lady cast off and turn the 3d Gent: :|. Hands 6 round .|: %% lead thro' the bottom and cast up lead thro' the top %% and cast off :|: Hands 4 across at bottom quite round %% Right and Left at top .|:. :|:. %%endtext


X: 1 T:Wakefield Hunt. VWMLa.006 R:Jig S:Anon. MS, late 18thC, Vaughan Williams Mem. Library O:England;Yorkshire Z:vmp/efdss.Simon Wilson. Reviewed PJH 2008. M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 K:A e3 c2d|ecA F2E|FGA E2c|d2c B2A| e3 c2d|ecA F2E|FGA E2d|cd BA3:| |:ecA fdB|ecA F2E|FGA E2c|d2c B2A| ecA fdB|ecA F2E|FGA E2d|cdB A3:| |:[C2E2][CE] [D2F2][DF]|[C2E2]c d2c|Bdf ecA|G2A B3| [C2E2][CE] [D2F2][DF]|[C2E2]c d2c|Bdf efd|cdB A3:|