Annotation:Steg Knetter'd at the Sneck Band

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STEG KNETTER'D AT THE SNECK BAND. AKA and see "Scarborough Whim." English, Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). The tune with the curious title "Steg knetter'd at the sneck band" was printed in the 1740's in London in the country dance publications of John Walsh and John Johnson, and in Sylvanus Urban's periodical The Gentleman's Magazine (June, 1753). The name of the tune makes a little more sense in the 1790 music manuscript collection (p. 73) of London musician Thomas Hammersley^[1], where it is given as "Staggs knattered, or Snake band." London music publisher David Rutherford eschewed the name altogether, calling it "Scarborough Whim" in his country dance compendium or around the same time.

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Printed sources : - John Johnson (AChoice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1744; p. 80. John Walsh (Fourth Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master), 1747; p. 95.

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↑ The following inscription occurs on f. 1r, after the signature of Thomas Hammersley: 'Banker in London / To whom the Rev|d W. Leeves dedicated his / celebrated song of "Auld Robin Gray" / as first publickly claimed by him in 1812.'

[1] The following inscription occurs on f. 1r, after the signature of Thomas Hammersley: 'Banker in London / To whom the Rev|d W. Leeves dedicated his / celebrated song of "Auld Robin Gray" / as first publickly claimed by him in 1812.'

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