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Thread #67201   Message #1121845
Posted By: pavane
23-Feb-04 - 11:42 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Jockey to the Fair
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jockey to the fair
The Morris forms contain several variations. There are three main variants, with short, medium and long B music, some with 'slows' and some without.

The versions danced in a set usually have B music played 3 times, (corners) whereas the version used as a jig does not.

The tune is also included as a set dance in O'Neill's Music of Ireland.

Jockey, or Jock, was a general term for a young man, not necessarily a horse rider or Scotsman, as is commonly meant today.