Annotation:Vigo (2)

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VIGO. AKA - "St. Mary's Port." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was published in all four editions of John Young's Second Volume of the Dancing Master [1] (1710-1728), and in rival publishers Walsh and Randall's The New Country Dancing Master, Second Book (1710) and Walsh and Hare's Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (1719). "Vigo (1)" is a different tune, with different dance figures.

The Battle of Vigo Bay, 1702

The city of Vigo, Spain, is located on the coast in the Galician province of Pontevedra. Vigo Bay was the location of a naval battle in 1702 [2] that pitted the Anglo-Dutch forces of Admiral George Rooke (1650–1709) against the French and Spanish fleet that was protecting the Spanish treasure ships, arrived from America. The engagement was a success for Rooke, who captured or disabled all the opposing ships, although most of the treasure had already been off-loaded. Vigo Bay was hailed as a major victory in England, and was a cause of the Portuguese entering the Grand Alliance.

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