Portland Fancy

X: 1
T: Portland Fancy
O: Boston, 1847
B: Elias Howe "Drawing Room Dances" (Boston, 1859)
B: (Howe's was a reprint of Henri Cellarius's "Drawing Room Dances", 1847)
N: Cellarius and Howe published only the first 3 parts; the 4th part is of unknown later origin.
M: 6/8
Z: Transcribed to abc by Mary Lou Knack
N: "Gigue des Sucres" is a Qu\'ebecois version of the first two strains.
R: jig
K: A
"E7"GF |\
"A"E2A E2A | EAB c2c | "D"dcd "E7"Bcd | "D"f2e "E"cAF |\
"A"E2A E2A | EAB c2c | "D"dcd "E7"EFG | "A"AcB A |]
ce |\
"A"a2a "E"gag | "D"fdf "A"e2c | "D"dcd "E7"Bcd | "A"cde "D"f2"E7"e |\
"A"a2a "E"gag | "D"fdf "A"e2c | "D"dcd "E7"EFG | "A"AcB A |] % [K:=g]
K: D
"A7"F=G |\
"D"ABc d2e | f2g a3 | "Em"efg "A7"Ade | "D"f2d "A7"AFG |\
"D"ABc d2e | f2g a3 | "Em"efg "A7"ABc | "D"dfe d |]
zA |\
"D"F2A F2A | FAd f3 | "A7"ece gec | "D"dfe "A7"dAG |\
"D"F2A F2A | FAd f3 | "A7"ece gec | "D"d2f d |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/jig/Portland_Fancy_2-A-64-4/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Vintage/EarlyAmJigs/Portland_Fancy2_A/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Vintage/jig/Portland_Fancy2_A/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/jig/Portland_Fancy2_A/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/jig0/Portland_Fancy_2-A-64-4/0000

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