X:72
T: the Merry Thought
B: Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1767, p.36 #2
B: Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z: Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z: abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> (added dance description)
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/DftY/1767/Thompson/362_Merry_Thought.abc	 2024-11-27 214747 UT
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