the First of August

X: 121
T: the First of August
T: Longways for as many &c.
%R: reel
B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.61
S: http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/dancebooks.cgi
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats modified to match the "Each strain twice" instruction.
M: 2/2	% Actually just "2"
L: 1/8
K: D
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|:\
A2A2 F2GA | B2B2 A4 |\
BcdB cdec | fgfe d4 :|\
|:\
f2gf e2dc | dfed c2BA |
Bcde cdef | defg e4 |\
A2A2 F2GA | B2B2 A4 |\
Bcd2 cde2 | fgfe d4 :|
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/121_First_of_August/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/CCCCD/0243

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