Easter Thursday three-two

That’s the date that Peter Barnes notes for this tune in his volume 1 of English country dance tunes. The only chord change is: He adds an Edim above the G at the top of the fourth measure of the B part, then proceeds to the A chord (as you also have it) above the C# in that same measure.

I submitted this because I love the tune - I was trying to find a copy of it on the internet to see if its the same as the one I learned from my fiddle teacher in Lancashire. I found this abc notation and thought I’d put it on here (I can’t read abc really) to see if its the same tune as the one I know!

Thanks for your comment vonnie.
If anyone else knows anything about it - please enlighten.

http://www.colinhume.com/
http://www.colinhume.com/dances.htm
http://www.colinhume.com/instr.htm#EasterThursday

Has anyone encountered this in an Irish Session-like context?

Nope, not me, only Playford and other Country Dance settings…

Makes a pleasant pairing with ‘The Presbyterian Hornpipe’ (from ‘John of the Green’), which is in G min and has some similar phrases and fingerings.