Byer's Maggot

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Theme code Index	15L13 26L24
Also known as	Boyer's Maggot, Capt. Jas. Robertson 76th Regts. Reel
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	England/North East"England/North East" 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	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	No. 8
Year of publication/Date of MS	1765
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BYER'S MAGGOT. AKA and see "Boyer's Maggot," "Capt. Jas. Robertson 76th Regts. Reel." English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears under the "Byer's Maggot" title in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers. Unfortunately, nothing is known of him. However, the melody was printed in several London dance music publications as "Boyer's Maggot", including John Hinton's Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (1758), David Rutherford's Choice Collection of Sixty of the Most Celebrated Country Dances (1750) and his Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 2 (1760), and Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 collection.

Printed source: Thompson ('Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 8.

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X:2
T:Boyer's Maggot
M:C
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G
G>DD>E G>AB>G|A>FE>D A>Bc>A|B>GG>A B>cd>B|cAdB G2G2:|
|:(B/c/d) d2 BcdB|(c/d/e) e2 cdec|(B/c/d) d2 (e/f/g) g2|cAdB G2G2:||