The National Music Of The World

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194             National Music of the World.
It may be observed that, though the Welsh will dance twelve hours at a Christmas frolic to the tune of ' Sweet Richard' (I speak from experience and without exaggeration), the country has no dance of its own; such as the 'Irish Jig' (performed on the door taken from its hinges), such as the Scotch Reel, such as the English Hornpipe.