Annotation:Virgin Queen

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VIRGIN QUEEN. AKA and see "Riding a Mile (1)," "Cummilum," "Is Cuma Liom," "I Don't Care," "Fairest Put on Awhile," "Mad Moll (1)," "Yellow Stockings." English, Air (9/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title dates from 1703 when it appeared in the supplement to the 11th edition of Henry Playford's Dancing Master [1], it was retained through the end of the long-running series with the 18th edition of 1728. The tune, however, had previously been published by Playford as "Mad Moll" in his 1698 edition of that work. Swift wrote a song, called "O My Kitten," to the tune. Philippe Varlet suggests that “The Virgin Queen” is the ancestor of the Irish melody "Humors_of_Whiskey_(2)_(The)" and is related to the double jigs "Langstrom's Pony" and "Mooncoin Jig (The).”

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 502, p. 113. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 2, 1859; p. 74. Playford (Dancing Master, 11th edition), 1702;

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