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The Free Mason
Found in 1778_Thompson.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 123
T: The Free Mason
%R: jig
B: Chas & Sam Thompson "Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1778", London 1778, p.62 #1
F: http://www.vwml.org/browse/browse-collections-dance-tune-books/browse-thompsons1778#
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> (added dance description)
N: The book really does have the 3-naturals key signature on each staff of the 3rd and 4th strains.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: A
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E |\
AGA BAB | cBA B2B | cBc FBA | GEE E2E |\
AGA BAB | cBA B2B | cBA cBA | eee e2 :|
|: c |\
def fed | cde edc | dcd FBA | GEE E2c |\
def fed | cde edc | dcd Bed | cAA A2 :|[K:=f=c=g]
|: B |\
cBA cBA | BEE E2B | cBA d2c | {c}B3 ABc |\
cBA cBA | B2E E2a | edc BA^G | A3- A2 :|
|: c/d/ |\
e2e efe | d2z zAB | c2c cdc | B2z zAB |\
cBA edc | a^ga afd | edc BA^G | A3- A2 :|
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