Annotation:Sage Leaf
X: 1 T:Sage Leaf. (p)1670.PLFD1.211 M:6/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=70 S:Playford, Dancing Master,4th Ed.,1670. O:England;London H:1670. Z:Chris Partington K:G dg=f ecf|d>c B/2A/2 B G2|dg=f ecf|d>cB/2A/2 B G2:| |:B2 c d2B|e2 d cdB|A2 G F>EF|G6:| |:d2 c B>AG|def g3|d2 c B>AG|de>f g3| d2 c B>cd|e2 d c>dB|A2 G F>EF|1G6:|2G3 G2| |:G|F>GA AFD|G>AB BAG| F>GA AFD| G3-G2:| |:G|B2cd2B|e2dc>dB|A2GF>EF|1G3-G2|2G6|]
SAGE LEAF. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDAA (Raven, Sharp): AABBCCDDA'A' (Karpeles). The melody was first published with directions for a country dance in the 4th edition of London publisher John Playford's Dancing Master. It was retained in the long-running series of Dancing Master editions through the 18th and final edition of 1728 (published at the time by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concerns). "Sage Leaf" was also printed by rival London publisher John Walsh in his Compleat Country Dancing Master editions of 1718, 1731 and 1754.
The third and fourth strains are repeated as many times as there are couples dancing.