Double Lead Through
Revision as of 09:52, 4 March 2009 by Paul Burgess (talk | contribs) (New page: '''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 ...)
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)