Cynthia's Sceptre

X: 188
T: Cynthia's Sceptre
T: Longways &c.
%R: jig
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; fixed to match the dance.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
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G |\
B2B Bcd | A2A ABc | Bcd ABc | B2A/G/ G2B/^c/ |\
d2A B2A | G2F E2A | d2^c/B/ A2G/F/ | E2D D2 :|
|: d |\
d2c/B/ A2B/c/ | B2A/G/ A2d | d2c/B/ A2B/c/ | F2E/D/ D2G |\
G2D E2A | A2E F2d | d2c/B/ ABc | B2A/G/ G2 :|
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/188_Cynthias_Sceptre/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/CCCCD/0377

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