Double Lead Through

Double Lead Through

Originally a French tune, written by Charles Lecoq and included in his production 'La fille de Madame Angot' which was produced in Paris and London in 1783. It was a great success and ran for a consecutive five-hundred nights. Made famous more recently in England from the version which Cecil Sharp collected from William Kimber at Headington Quarry. It is still a great favourite with the French, and is still, apparently, played almost continuously in the Asterix theme park, south of Paris. (Hugh Rippon)