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Downfall of Paris

Found in Downfall_of_Paris_(The) from the Traditional Tune Archive abc collection
Downfall of Paris - staff notation
X:1
T:Downfall of Paris
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:"Allegretto"
B:Thomas Wilson - Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 124)
N:"To account for the unusual length of this tune--it was originally
N:composed for a Quick March, in opposition & partly taken from the
N:French National Air of Ca Ira, it has since become a favorite dance
N:particularly with good dancers, as it requires a very long figure
N:not easily performed by the Tyros in the Art, the above is the original…"
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
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dd/e/ dd/e/|dd/e/ g/f/e/d/|cc/d/ cc|cB/A/G/F/|
BB/c/ BB/c/|BB/c/ e/d/c/B/|cc/d/ cc/d/|cc/d/ f/e/d/c/|
dd/e/ fe|d/c/d/e/ fe|dd/B/ cc/A/|B2B2||
f4|fdgf|ee/d/ ee/d/|ee/d/ e2|
e4|ecfe|dd/c/ dd/c/|dd/c/d|
BB/c/ BB/c/|BB/c/ e/d/c/B/|cc/d/ cc/d/|cc/d/ f/e/d/c/|
dd/e/ fe|d/c/d/e/ fe|dd/B/ cc/A/|B2B2||
|:f/g/a/b/ a/g/f/e/|d/e/f/g/ f/e/d/c/|BBcc|dd c2|
f/g/a/b/ a/g/f/e/|d/e/f/g/ f/e/d/c/|BB/c/ dc BB B2:|
|:ABcd|edcB|ABcd |ed c2|
f/g/a/b/ a/g/f/e/|d/e/f/g/ f/e/d/c/|BB/c/ dc|BB B2:|]

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