Draper's Maggot
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Draper's Maggot" is an English country dance in 3/4 time and D Major.<br> The parts are played AABB.<br> "Draper's Maggot" first appears in Henry Playford's 13th edition of the<br> Dancing Master (1706), then in Walsh's Compleat Dancing Master, vol. 1 (1718).<br> Playford also included a companion tune called "Draper's Gardens".<br> The two tunes together are possibly 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 printed in<br> Barnes' English Country Dance Tunes (1986),<br> Fleming-Williams & Shaw's English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1 (1965),<br> Elias Howe's Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (1880-1882),<br> Raven's English Country Dance Tunes (1984) and<br> Barlow's Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master (1985).<br>
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