Stage jig
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A stage jig was a bawdy stage show
Stage Show
Stage Show was a popular music variety series on American television originally hosted on alternate weeks by big band leaders and brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Produced by Jackie Gleason, the CBS-TV show included the first national television appearances by Elvis Presley.The series began as a...

, featuring song and dance, popular in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 during the 16th and 17th centuries. The stories, usually taken from folk tales, included the traditional assortment of tricksters, cuckolds and the like, while the music were popular songs of the time with lyrics adapted to their new setting.
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