Annotation:Jockey Has Gotten a Wife

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JOCKEY HAS GOTTEN A WIFE. AKA – "Jockey has got him a wife." AKA and see "Buttered Pease (2)." Scottish, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time). The melody also appears in the London stage production Irish Fair (1772). See also the closely related "Swaggering Jig (1) (The)" and the many alternate titles contained in that note. See also note for "Annotation:Buttered Pease (2)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Neal (A Choice Collection of Country Dances), c. 1726; p. 9.

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