Annotation:Dick's Maggot
X: 1 T:Dick's Maggot. (p)1702.PLFD1.483 M:3/2 L:1/8 Q:1/2=120 B:Playford, Dancing Master,Supp.to 11th Ed.,1702. O:England;London Z:Chris Partington <www.cpartington.plus> K:G g2d4B4A2|Bcd2ABc2B4|g2d4B4A2|Bcd2G2F2G4:| |:f2a4f4d2|gab2efg2f4|f2a4f4d2|def2AB^c2d4| Bcd2Bcd2e4|efg2efg2f4|g2d4B4c2|A8 G4:|
DICK'S MAGGOT. AKA - "Talk: Double the Cape," "Duble the Cape." English, Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Barnes, Fleming-Williams): ABB (Sharp): AABCC (Raven). A maggot was another term for a 'dram', a unit of liquid measure. It also meant a slight thing of little consequence, or plaything, fancy, whim; from the Italian maggioletta. The tune was first published as the vehicle for a longways dance by Henry Playford in the supplement to the 11th edition of the Dancing Master (London, 1702), and was retained in all subsequent editions of the long-running series, through the 18th and final edition, published by John Young (London, 1728). Young also published the tune in the Dancing Master (1710) under the title "Duble (Double) the Cape." The tune also appears in the Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing-Master, editions published in London in 1718, 1731 and 1754.
