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'''DROP, THE'''. AKA - "[[Ward's Drop]]." English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was printed by John Johnson in his '''Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2''' (London, after c. 1750), and makes several appearances in London publisher John Walsh's collections: '''Caledonian Country Dances''' (London, 17), '''The Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''' (London, 1735), and '''The Compleat Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Third''' (London, 1749). It was included in the music manuscript collections of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [http://www.asaplive.com/archive/show_images.asp?id=R0308801&image=1] (1770), and London musician Thomas Hammersley (1790). | '''DROP, THE'''. AKA - "[[Ward's Drop]]." English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was printed by John Johnson in his '''Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2''' (London, after c. 1750), and makes several appearances in London publisher John Walsh's collections: '''Caledonian Country Dances''' (London, 17), '''The Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''' (London, 1735), and '''The Compleat Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Third''' (London, 1749). It was included in the music manuscript collections of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [http://www.asaplive.com/archive/show_images.asp?id=R0308801&image=1] (1770), and London musician Thomas Hammersley (1790). | ||
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The title "The Drop" or "Ward's Drop" refers to a notorious medical quack of the first half of the 18th century, "Spot" Ward (an indelicate nickname that referenced a claret-colored birthmark on his cheek). | |||
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DROP, THE. AKA - "Ward's Drop." English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was printed by John Johnson in his Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, after c. 1750), and makes several appearances in London publisher John Walsh's collections: Caledonian Country Dances (London, 17), The Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, 1735), and The Compleat Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Third (London, 1749). It was included in the music manuscript collections of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [1] (1770), and London musician Thomas Hammersley (1790).
The title "The Drop" or "Ward's Drop" refers to a notorious medical quack of the first half of the 18th century, "Spot" Ward (an indelicate nickname that referenced a claret-colored birthmark on his cheek).
Source for notated version: The 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [Seattle].
Printed sources: Johnson (Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), c. 1759; p. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 318. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances),
Recorded sources: