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Molly's Hoop

Found in WrightsVol1.abc from the David Jacobs abc collection
Molly's Hoop - staff notation
X: 57
T: Molly's Hoop
F: http://www.vwml.org/record/Wrights/3753/p29
%R: jig
B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.29
S: http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/dancebooks.cgi
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats added to match the "Each Strain to be play'd twice over" instruction.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Am
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E |\
ABc BcA | ^GAB E3 | Tc3 dcB | c3- c2 :: G |\
cde efg | Bcd Td2B | cde efg | Bcd Td3 |\
c3 BcA | ^G2A E3 | Ta3 B>A^G | A3- A2 :|
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T: Bath Medley
T: Longways for as many as will.
%R: jig
B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.29
S: http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/dancebooks.cgi
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat; fixed to match the dance's phrasing. M: 6/4
L: 1/4
K: G
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|:\
G2g Tf>ed | efg dcB | ecA dBG | F2G AFD |\
G2g Tf>ed | efg dcB | ecA dBG | ADF G3 :|
|:\
f2g afd | e2g/f/ g3 | B2c dBG | F2G AFD |\
G2g Tf>ed | efg dcB | ecA dBG | ADF G3 :|
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