"No man is an iland, intire of itselfe"
Quite a swell country dance this one is; Upon a Summer's Day is the name of the tune and I had never heard of it until I saw NyckelharpaUK perform it as one of the dances for her "How the Dancing Master Collection Came into Being" which proved to be a very Dickens-like little epic concerning the author of that grand publication.
This one makes me think of individualism and government role and authority, particularly governmental expression of authority in a crude manner which would best describe the attributes of our nation. Nevertheless, I really like the tune all the more for that reason. A grand tune it is, indeed!
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