Bacca Pipes Jig
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Bacca Pipes Jig", also known as "Pipe Dance" and "Greensleeves" is an<br> English Morris Dance in A Dorian from the Bampton and Headington<br> areas of England's Cotswolds. 'Bacca' pipes refers to the long-stemmed<br> clay tobacco pipes (sometimes called 'churchwarden' pipes), which were<br> crossed and placed on the ground (in the manner of some sword dances)<br> whilst a solo jig was danced between them. Although not related to the<br> tune it is interesting to note that the term 'bacca-pipes' in lower<br> class English slang of the early 19th century referred to whiskers<br> curled in small close ringlets.<br> There is another related version, called the Greensleeves version though<br> it is not related to the Greensleeves tune used for the song ("alas, my<br> love, you do me wrong ...") and for the Christmas carol "What Child is This?".<br> It was printed in Bacon's A Handbook of Morris Dances (1974),<br> Karpeles & Schofield's A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs (1951) and<br> Raven's English Country Dance Tunes (1984).<br>
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