Rigodoon

X:1
T:Rigodoon
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Thomas Bray – “Country Dances” (London, 1699)
N:The volume was dedicated to the 10 yr. old Duke of
N:Gloucester, William Henry, son of Queen Anne.
N:Bray was a theatrical dancer and dancing master in
N:London in the 1690’s. The tune is “Rigodoon” and
N:appears in Bray’s collection as the vehicle for his dance
N:’St. James’s House’.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
A2|f4e2 (f2b2)g2|(e2a2)d2 (^c2e2)a2|f4e2 (f2b2)a2|f6 e4a2|
f4 e2 (f2b2)g2|(e2a2)d2 ^c2e2a2|f3ge2 e4d2|(d6 d4)AB|
c6 ^c6|d2e2f2 e2f2g2|f2g2a2 g2a2b2|a2f2c2f2c2A2|
c2A2F2 f2g2e2|(f6 f4) ga|b6g6|a2 bagf g2 agfe|
f2 gfed ^cd e2A2|d6 e6|f2 efdf e4^c2|(d6 d2)|]

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