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O'CAROLAN'S MAGGOT

Found in o-tunes.txt from the Bill Black abc collection
O'CAROLAN'S MAGGOT - staff notation
X:141189 
T:O'CAROLAN'S MAGGOT
S:CAR-OS 
Z:Z: Gilb/Brennan/Black
Q:1/4=100
N:N: 1:"It's not what it sounds like!  A 'maggot-man' was a serving-man-of-all-
N:trades, roughly equivalent to a handy-man-cum-whatever.  Used in John 
N:Carr's catch announcing publication of Playford's 'English Dancing Master' 
N:in 1651, O'Carolan was presumably conversant with the term as that catch 
N:remained popular for some sixty years or so." (Brennan's note)
N:N: 2:This sounded incomplete with only six measures in Part 2, so I added 
N:the last two measures. The more maggot better, right?
M:C
L:1/8
K:Am
d2BA GBGB|gbga geef|gGGB gGGB|edBd eAAB|
GgdB gagd|abae abae||
L:1/16
gega gega gega gega|b4b2e2 d2Bd e2A2||
GEGA GEGA GEGA GEGA|AFAB AFAB AFAB AGAB|
GBgB GBgB GBgB GBgB|edBd edBd edBd edBd|
edeA edeA edeA edeA|g4f2e2 d2Bd e2A2|\
B8 A8|G8-G8|]

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