Annotation:Jack's Maggot
Tune properties and standard notation
JACK'S MAGGOT. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A 'maggot' was another name for a dram, a small unit of liquid measure, but also was used to mean something of slight consequence or a plaything; from the Italian maggioletta. Maggots were dances written in the later 17th century, and often dedicated to a personage. The melody was first published in 1703.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Fleming-Williams, 1965; p. 12. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 23. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 25. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 76.
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