Annotation:Macaroni (The)
X:1 T:Macaroni, The M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D df/(g/ a)f|dAFA|(BG)(GE)|(BG)(GE)|df/(g/ a)f|dAFA|(AF)(FD)|(AF)(FD):| |:EA/(B/ c)A|(ec)(cA)|(fd)(dB)|(fd)(dB)|g(e/f/ g)e|f(d/e/ f)d|e(c/d/ e)c|d2 D2:||
Macaroni fashions were imported from Italy and France, as the name suggests, and Macaroni wigs became an extreme fashion in the 1770's. Macaroni's not only dressed in a foppish manner, they adopted feminine mannerisms, and the men were deemed 'effeminate.'
The melody also appears in Straight & Skillern's Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1775) and Longman, Lukey and Broderip's Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions (London, 1776).