Forty Thieves

X:14
T:Forty Thieves
% NFF Book 2020
% Bush Traditions recording played by Roland Clarke
C:trad
S:Wheatstone (Pub 1808)
S:The 'Convict Dance and Music Research Project' by Dr. Heather Blasdale-Clarke at QUT
Z:arranged by Roland Clarke, 2019
H:This tune was used in theatical productions aboard
H:ships transporting convicts to Australia.
B:CUNNINGHAM'S NEW SOUTH WALES. (1828, February 13).
B:The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), p4
B:Alexander Laing manuscript (1863), Tasmanian State Archives, p21
B:H.E Clarke, Social Dance and Early Australian Settlement, PhD Thesis, QUT, 2018
N:For more information see Heather Clarke's article at:
F:http://www.colonialdance.com.au/dance-from-the-forty-thieves-839.html
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
"D"f2d dcd|f2d dcd|"A"e2ea2a|"D"f3d3|
f2d dcd|f2d dcd|"A"e2ea2a|"D"d3d3:|
|:"A"e^de a^ga|"D"f3d2d|"A"e^de a^ga|"D"f3d2z|
"G"b2g gfg|"D"a2f fef|"A"e2ea2a|"D"d6:|

Forty Thieves - played by Roland Clarke

Additional Information

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| Roland Clarke |