Published in Playford’s Dancing Master, and commonly used for a dance of the same name this tune was requested by some of our session regulars after it was used as the tune for a solo jig by a certain local morris side.
Here’s a video of the Playford Dance plucked randomly from YouTube.
In contrast here’s what our local morris side, Ewell St. Mary’s Morris Men did with the tune – eagle-eyed session regulars will recognise both dancer and musician.
X:4 T:The Black Nag M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G B, |\ "Em"E2E "D"F2F | "C"G2G "B"AGA | "Em"BAG "B"FGF | "Em" E3-E2 :| |: E |\ "Bm"FDB, FDB, | "Bm"FDB, FDB, | "Em"BGE BGE | "Em"BGE BGE | "Bm"FDB, FDB, | "Bm"FDB, FGA | "Em"BAG "B"FGF | "Em"E3-E2 :|