the Free Mistress

X: 187
T: the Free Mistress
T: Longways for &c.
%R: march
B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.94
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; not fixed.
N: This dance has a vertical "yu", interpreted as "thou", which may be wrong.
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: Dm
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A |\
A2d2 ^c2d2 | e2f2 d2ef |\
g2f2 e2d2 | ^c4 d3 :|\
|: d |\
d2a2 a2a2 | b2ag a3d |\
d2a2 a2a2 |
b2ag a3A |\
A2d2 d2e2 | f4 e2ef |\
g2f2 e2d2 | ^c4 A2d^c |\
defg a2d2 | e4 d3 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• www.vwml.org/components/com_rbdmdtallis/media/abctranscriptions/abc/Wrights-3753-p94-0/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/187_Free_Mistress/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/CCCCD/0375