Purlongs

X: 1
T: Purlongs
N: "The" handwritten left of title.
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: minuet
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.210
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The "first Strain" may mean the first 4 bars, but the "Strains" in this tune aren't marked with the usual double bar lines.
M: 3/2
L: 1/8
K: D
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[|\
d4 A2 (de) (fe) (dc) | B2 G4 A2 F2 A2 |\
F2 GA (BA) (GF) E2 D2 | (FG A2) A2 F2 A4 |\
B2 G4 B2 (Bc d2) | e4 E2 e2 (ef g2) |
f3 e de fg a2 (gf) | e2 B2 ef (ed) c2 A2 |\
(AF) (AF) (BG) (BG) (cB) (cA) | (dB) (dB) (ef g2) (ga b2) |\
a4 A2 a2 A2 =c2 | B2 e2 A2 c2 d4 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/alltunes/1246

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