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Jack's Maggot

As in “The Playford Ball” Duple Minor Longways
Cecil Sharp, 1922
Recording: jack_s_maggot--043.mp3.zip
jacks_maggot-083_hfwdm1-09.mp3.zip
jacks_maggot-priprec08.zip

   A1 1-8 1st man cross down the center diagonally and 
          hey for three with the two women, 
          passing 2nd woman right shoulder, 
          ending in his original place. 
   A2 1-8 1st woman the same with the two men, 
          passing 2nd man left shoulder. 
   B1 1-8 All right hands-across and left-hands back. 
   B2 1-2 1st corners change places. 
      3-4 2nd corners the same. 
      5-6 All circle four-hands half-way around. 
      7-8 1st couple cast down one place, 2nd couple leading up.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSnqfEaciQA

JACK'S MAGGOT
Over twenty dances named for the ubiquitous “Jack” can be found in the early eighteenth century, possibly references to the Jacobites, who supported the return of the Stuarts to the throne. A variant of this dance continued in eighteenth-century country dance collections with new tunes entitled “The Rakes of Mellow” and “Jack's Meggot.”

ins_jacks_maggot.txt · Last modified: 2025/07/02 03:33 by mar4uscha