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Thread #63970   Message #3868770
Posted By: GUEST
28-Jul-17 - 04:18 AM
Thread Name: Mr Beveridges Maggot - what's a maggot?
Subject: RE: Mr Beveridges Maggot - what's a maggot?
Maggot is simply an archaic term for favourite, or delight, and therefore was added to many dance or dance tune titles, as a way of distinguishing one from another. I was going to say like adding the word Blues to popular songs during the mid Twentieth Century for commercial purposes, but since most of those didn't necessarily follow the classic blues framework, that would surely open another can of ear worms.