Draper's Gardens
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Draper's Gardens" is an English country dance in 3/4 time and D Major. The parts are played<br> AABB.<br> The tune was inserted by Henry Playford into the 13th edition of The Dancing Master (1706).<br> It was retained in the<br> Dancing Master through the 18th and final edition of 1728 (then published by John Young).<br> It was subsequently printed in John Walsh's Compleat Dancing Master, vol. 1 (1718) and<br> reprinted by Walsh in his third edition (1731).<br> Playford also included a companion new tune in his 13th edition, "Draper's Maggot".<br> The two tunes together are possibly connected with the Draper's Guild, then one of the most<br> powerful companies in London.<br> 'Draper' was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly<br> for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or haberdasher.<br> It was also printed in Barlow's Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master (1985).<br>
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