X: 1
T: the Queen's Delight
T: the Rakes delight
N: DMDfD has "The Rake's delight" and "1728" handwritten below the title.
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: jig
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.44 #80
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.202
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The actual time signature is "3I".
N: Repeats added to agree with the dance instructions in CCDM1. (DMDfD doesn't mention music phrasing.)
M: 6/8
L: 1/4
K: F
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c |\
f2f f>ga | f2f f>ed | c2c A>GF | A2A A2 :|
|: B |\
G2G G>AB | c2c c>BA | (de)c f2d | (ga)f b2g | (ec)f f2e | f3- f2 |]
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%%begintext align
%% The first Cu. clap and cast off, This to the first
%% Strain once. And lead through the 3d Cu. and cast
%% off, This to the first Strain twice. Then right and
%% left quite round, This to the second Strain once.
%% And lead through the Top and cast off, This to the
%% second Strain twice.
%% [CCDM1]
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 500
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%%begintext align
%% The 1. cu. clap and cast off .| and lead through the 3. cu. and cast off :| Then Right and left quite
%% round, and lead up through the top and cast off.
%% [DMDfD]
%%endtext
%%sep 1 8 500