Annotation:Brown Joak (The)
X:13 T:Brown Joak A:England;London M:6/4 L:1/8 Q:3/4=80 S:J.Walsh,Third Book of the most celebrated jiggs,etc 1731 Z:Pete Stewart, 2004 <www.hornpipemusic.co.uk> with vmp revisions K:Gmin GA|B3A G2d3g^f2|g3ab2f2d2B2|f6A4G2|\ ^F2d2c2=B2g2f2|b3a g2A2B2^F2|G6G,4|| gf|g3a b2^f2d2f2|g3a b2c'3b a2|^f6d4f2|\ g3ab2^f2d2f2|g2d2B2c2D2^F2|G6G,4|]
BROWN JOAK, THE. English, Jig (6/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in London publisher John Walsh's Third Collection of Lancashire Jigs, Hornpipes, Joaks etc. (c. 1731, No. 14). A number of different colored 'Joaks' followed on the success of "The Black Joak/Joke", in imitation.
