X:141
T: the Ton
%R: march, reel
B: Chas & Sam Thompson "Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1778", London 1778, p.71 #1
F: http://www.vwml.org/browse/browse-collections-dance-tune-books/browse-thompsons1778#
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> (added dance description)
N: aka "Constancy" in other collections.
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/DftY/1778/Thompson/711_Ton.abc	 2025-01-19 091411 UT
K: A
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|:\
A2cA | AGFE | A2cA | e4 |\
d2Bd | c2Ac | B2cA | AGFE |
A2Ac | AGFE | A2cA | e4 |\
B2cA | B2cA | G2TF2 | E4 :|
|:\
e2ce | d2Bd | c2Ac | B2E2 |\
Acea | a2ga | bagf | e4 |
e2ce | d2Bd | c2Ac | B2E2 |\
[cC]EAc | FdcB | cABG | A4 :|
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%%begintext align
%% The 1st Gent: lead the 2d round the 1st & 2d Ladies
%% then turn both hands with their Partners .|. Ladies
%% do the same :|. hads across 4 and back again .|:
%% lead thro' the 3d Cu: and cast up lead thro' the
%% 2d Cu: and cast off :|:
%%endtext