Annotation:Master Jackey Wagtail

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MASTER JACKEY WAGTAIL. AKA - "Jackey Wagtail." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was first published by John Johnson in his A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1753, p. 92) as "Jackey Wagtail," and was subsequently picked up by London publishers Peter, Charles and Samuel Thompson for various c. 1757 dance collections.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Johnson (Two Hundred Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8), London, 1758; p. 94. Thompson (Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1757), 1757; p. 78. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 156, p. 78.

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