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Annotation:Barker's Maggot
X: 1 T:Barker's Maggot. (p)1709.PLFD1.520 M:3/2 L:1/8 Q:1/2=100 S:Playford, Dancing Master,13th Ed.,1709. O:England;London Z:Chris Partington. F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/Playford/Barkers_Maggot_1709_PLFD1_520_CP.abc K:C D2d2cBA2c4|GEC2C2D2EFGE|D2d2cBA2d4|AFD2DFD2EFGE:| |:D2a2gfe2c4|GEC2C2D2EFGE|D2a2gfe2d4|AFD2DFD2EFGE:| |:afd2ecA2c4|GEC2C2D2EFGE|afd2ecA2d4|AFD2DFD2EFGE:|
BARKER'S MAGGOT. English, Country Dance Tune and Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Dorian (Playford): D Minor (Offord). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC (Offord): AABBCC (Playford/Walsh). "Barker's Maggot" is a tune with directions for a country dance printed by John Young in London in the Dancing Master 13th through the 18th editions (1706-1728). The dance and tune were also printed by rival London music publisher John Walsh in his The Compleat Country Dancing Master, editions of 1718, 1731 and 1754.
A 'maggot' was another name for a trifle, whim, plaything, fancy, etc., from the Italian maggioletta, also translated as "May Piece". See also the related "New Stepny" and "Show Me the Way to Wallington (2)."
