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Thread #44231   Message #649835
Posted By: masato sakurai
14-Feb-02 - 07:52 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Long Odds (English tune)
Subject: RE: Long Odds Origin?
Not in Playford (CLICK HERE), at least under this title. The Fiddler's Companion says:

LONG ODDS. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard. AABB'. The tune dates to c. 1796. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Antilles (Island) AN-7003, Kirkpatrick & Hutchings - "The Compleat Dancing Master" (1973).

~Masato