Wait for the Waggon
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Wait for the Waggon", also known as "wait for the Wagon", “On the Wagon” or “Waiting for<br> the Wagon” is an American song and dance tune which was adapted as an English country dance<br> and march in F Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part) (Ford) or D Major (Callaghan).<br> The parts are played AB (Ford) or AABB (Callaghan). It was originally an American<br> black-face minstrel song tune first published in 1850 as a parlor song in New Orleans by<br> William T. Mayo, who credited they lyric to "A Lady" with "music by Wiesenthal".<br> The "waggon" spelling is unique to English use.<br> It was adopted (tongue-in-cheek) in Britain as a military march by the Royal Corps of<br> Transport. The tune was played by old fiddler William “Jinky” Wells, accompanist for the<br> Bampton Morris Dancers, although it was not a traditional morris tune and is almost never<br> heard played for morris dancing today. The version given here was transcribed from the<br> playing of Jinky Wells.<br> "Wait for the Waggon" was recorded from the playing of East Anglia publican (of the<br> Dennington Bell) and melodeon player Dolly Curtis in the 1980’s on Who Owns the Game:<br> Traditional Songs and Melodeon Tunes from Central Suffolk.<br>
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