Black Nag (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	1H2H 3H3H 5H3H 1H1H
Also known as	Galloping Nag (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/4
History	Canada/Maritimes (English)"Canada/Maritimes (English)" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	John Playford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dancing Master 3rd edition
Tune and/or Page number	p. 121
Year of publication/Date of MS	1657
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BLACK NAG [1], THE. AKA - "The Galloping Nag." English, Jig (6/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An early version of the jig "Black Nag" that became popular with English country dancers and American contra dancers in the 1970's. The tonality is major, according to Jeremy Barlow's (1985) notation. The melody first appears in print as a new tune to the 3rd edition of Playford's Dancing Master (1657). As "The Galloping Nag" it appears in Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master, vol. 1, 1718 (28), and again in his 1731 edition (14). John and William Neal also published the tune (as "Galloping Nag") in their Choice Collection of Country Dances (Dublin, 1726). See also the similar (both dance and tune) "Millison's Jegge" published in Playford's first edition of the Dancing Master (1651).

Printed Source: Barlow (Complete Country Dances from Playford's English Dancing Master), 1985; No. 116, pg. 39.

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