X:85
T: the Milk Maid
%R: jig
B: Chas & Sam Thompson "Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1776", London 1776, p.43 #1
F: http://www.vwml.org/browse/browse-collections-dance-tune-books/browse-thompsons1776#
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> (added dance description)
N: The rhythm is wrong between the strains; fixed with initial rest to 2nd strain and no dot on last note.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/DftY/1776/Thompson/431_Milk_Maid.abc 2024-12-26 063553 UT
K: C
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G |\
c2c dcd | efe g2g | f2f e2e | dcd c2G |\
c2c dcd | efe g2g | f2f e2e | dcd c2 :|
|: z |\
e2e dcB | cBA G2D | G2B A2c | B2A B2G |\
e2e edc | e^fg d2d | ede ^fef | g3- g2e/=f/ |
gec cde | fdc BAG | ABc def | edc Bef |\
gec cde | fdc BAG | ABc GcB | c3 C2 :|
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%% Set & change sides, the same back again .| lead
%% down the middle up again & cast off :| Allemand
%% with your right hands then with your left .|| lead thro'
%% the bott: & cast up lead thro' the top & cast off :||
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