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"Seneca Square Dance" has been, and continues to be, a popular tune among regional fiddlers, now widespread and a part of the core "old-time revival" repertory. The origin of the title is obscure. Jim Kimball, a musicologist from Genesco, NY, points out that many Seneca indians (part of the Iroquois nation) were relocated to Oklahoma after the War of 1812, and that there is still a large community of Seneca in the northeastern part of that state, not far from southwest Missouri. They were located between the Wyandot reserve and the Cherokee Nation on the Grand River. The tune may also be called after the town of Seneca, Missouri, in the southwestern part of the state (which may itself have taken its name from the Indian tribe). It appears to have had a long history in the United States, judging from some of the alternate title that suggest pre-Civil War times and hiding from authority. A Civil War connection is made with the alternate title “Shelby’s Mules,” a reference to the Confederate cavalry commander General Joseph Shelby.

Johnson (1982/1988) notes that there is an old hymn set to this tune, but does not give specifics. The melody is known to Irish musicians as "John Hoban's Polka" and appears to be related to the tune “(What Shall We Do with a) Drunken Sailor” and perhaps the gospel song “Rock-a My Soul (in the Bosom of Abraham).” A distanced, somewhat odd although regularly phrased version appears in Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948) by champion Arizona fiddler Viola “Mom” Ruth, under the title “Get Away from the Federals” with “Fall of Paris” given as an alternate title (which, as "Downfall of Paris," more commonly belongs to a precursor of "Mississippi Sawyer").

THE DRAPER'S GARDEN full Score(s) and Annotations and Past Featured Tunes

X:1 T:THE DRAPER'S GARDEN M:3/4 L:1/8 K:G |: D2 \ | "G"G2 G2 G2 | B2 B2 B2 | d2 d2 d2 | "C"e4 ef \ | g2 f2 e2 | "G"d2 c2 B2 | "D7"A2 G2 F2 | "G"G4 :| || Bc \ | "G"d2 d2 ed | "Am"cB A2 AB | "D7"c2 c2 dc | "G"BA G2 Bc \ | d2 d2 g2 | "C"e4 g2 | "A7"ab ag fe | "D"d4 || || "D7"D2 \ | "G"D2 G2 B2 | "D7"D2 A2 c2 | "G"D2 B2 d2 | "C"c4 Bc \ | "G"d2 B2 G2 | "C"E4 cB | "D7"A2 G2 F2 | "G"G4 |]

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+"Seneca Square Dance" has been, and continues to be, a popular tune among regional fiddlers, now widespread and a part of the core "old-time revival" repertory. The origin of the title is obscure. Jim Kimball, a musicologist from Genesco, NY, points out that many Seneca indians (part of the Iroquois nation) were relocated to Oklahoma after the War of 1812, and that there is still a large community of Seneca in the northeastern part of that state, not far from southwest Missouri. They were located between the Wyandot reserve and the Cherokee Nation on the Grand River. The tune may also be called after the town of Seneca, Missouri, in the southwestern part of the state (which may itself have taken its name from the Indian tribe). It appears to have had a long history in the United States, judging from some of the alternate title that suggest pre-Civil War times and hiding from authority. A Civil War connection is made with the alternate title “Shelby’s Mules,” a reference to the Confederate cavalry commander General Joseph Shelby.
-Draper's Garden was the park adjacent to Draper's Hall, London (at Throgmorton Ave. and Copthall Avenue), the seat of the cloth merchants in London, a guild chartered in 1364. The “garden” was behind their hall and it was a fashionable promenade area. The Drapers guild was one of the most historically powerful trade companies in the city, although in modern times it has only ceremonial and charitable duties. The Gardens have disappeared as well, having been developed for an office block. Daniel Defoe mentions Draper's Gardens, London, in his '''Journal of the Plague Year''', where he talks of the panic the plague produced in the population:
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-''Among these, several Dutch merchants were particularly remarkable,''
+Johnson (1982/1988) notes that there is an old hymn set to this tune, but does not give specifics. The melody is known to Irish musicians as "[[John Hoban's Polka]]" and appears to be related to the tune “(What Shall We Do with a) Drunken Sailor” and perhaps the gospel song “Rock-a My Soul (in the Bosom of Abraham).” A distanced, somewhat odd although regularly phrased version appears in '''Pioneer Western Folk Tunes''' (1948) by champion Arizona fiddler Viola “Mom” Ruth, under the title “Get Away from the Federals” with “Fall of Paris” given as an alternate title (which, as "[[Downfall of Paris]]," more commonly belongs to a precursor of "[[Mississippi Sawyer]]").
-''who kept their houses like little garrisons besieged suffering none to go''
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-''in or out or come near them, particularly one in a court in Throgmorton''
-''Street whose house looked into Draper's Garden.''
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-"Draper's Gardens" appears to be the name of the dance associated with a later tune called "[[Margravine's Waltz (The)]]" (there were no waltzes in Playford's day, although there were 3/4 time tunes). See [[Annotation:Margravine's Waltz (The)]] for more specifics. A ''Margravine'' is the wife or widow of a ''Margrave'', a title associated with the lord or military governor of a German border province, especially in Medieval times. The title had some longevity as a hereditary title for some princes in the Holy Roman Empire. Barnes dates the tune to 1721. The dance and an another, unrelated, tune (for which see "[[Draper's Gardens (2)]]") appears under the title "Draper's Garden" in the 13th edition of Playford's '''English Dancing Master''' (1706), and subsequently in London publisher John Walsh's '''Compleat Dancing Master''', vol. 1 (1718), reprinted by Walsh in his third edition (1731).
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