Mage on a Cree

X: 20
T:Mage on a Cree
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:120
R:Jig
H:The dance is a progressive round, one of the earliest types found in
H:TDM.  No one has been able to explain the meaning of the title, and
H:from the entries in old books, it seems it was not clear then.  It may
H:have been Irish. When the title was first used for a ballad in 1633,
H:the tune name was "Magina-cree".
K:GDor
G> cd/2e/2 f2c|A2F c2A|B>cd d>cd|B>AG d2G|G> cd/2e/2 f2c|A2F c2A
|B>cd e>fg|^f>ef g2G||

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/Playford/Mage_on_a_Cree_1/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/jig/MageOnACree/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/ceolas.org/Playford/0019
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Playford/EDM/020_Mage_on_a_Cree/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Playford/Playford_ceolas/0019

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