Annotation:O'Neill's Maggot

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O'NEILL'S MAGGOT. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Sixteenth and seventeenth century country dance tunes sometimes had the word "maggot" in their titles, perhaps derived from Italian Maggiolatta or Italian May song, but used to mean a whim, fancy, plaything, 'trifle'--essentially an 'earworm'. Levey's title is harkening bak to an older time. The tune, however, is a jig-time setting of the reel that goes by the name "Humors of Ballyconnell (1) (The)" or "Captain Rock's (1)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 11, p. 5.

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