Annotation:Steg Knetter'd at the Sneck Band
X: 1 T:Steg knetter'd at the Sneck band. JJo3.159 T:Scarborough Whim,aka. JJ0159 B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 3 1744 Z:vmp.Steve Mansfield 2014 www.village-music-project.org.uk N:Thought to translate in dialect as "t'Gander Clattered at the Latch String" ! M:6/8 L:1/8 N:Final repeat inserted editorially Q:3/8=120 W:1st couple hey contrary sides .| then on their own; :|1st man set to W:2d wo. and turn .:|1st wo. set to 2d man and turn, 1st and 2d co. W:right hands quite round, and foot .|, then left and foot :|, 1st man W:and 2d wo. lead out and foot, 1st wo. and 2d man the same at the same W:time, and turn partners, .:|1st co. cross over and half figure. F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Johnson/JohnsonVol3(Dec14).abc d3 BGB | c3 A3 | BGB dBd | gdc BAG |cec B3 | AFA c3 | BdB AFD | G3 G,3 :| |:b3 dgb | a2A dfa | gfg eag | fed "sic"D2=f |ece a3 | dBd gdc | BGB AFD | G3 G,3 "*":|
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.
- ↑ 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.'