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Annotation:Hokey Pokey (1)
X: 95 T: HOKEY POKEY [1] %R: jig N: This tune is often labelled "Circassian Circle"; both are generic dance names, not real tune names. B: Jean White "100 Popular Hornpipes, Reels, Jigs and Country Dances", Boston 1880 p.39 F: http://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1880.09124.0#seq-1 Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: G % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - d |\ b2a g2f | g2ed2B | {d}cBc ABc | B2c d2d | e2c g2e | d2B g2g | fga def | [g2B2]z [g2B2] :| |: g/a/ |\ b2b b2a | b2b b2g | b2b c'2b | a2a a2f | g2g g2g | g2g g2f | gfg a2g | f2e d2 :| |: d |\ g2g gfe | def g2d | g2g gfe | def g2g | a2a aga | a2a abc' |d'2d def | [g2B2]z [g2B2] H:| % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
HOKEY POKEY [1]. AKA and see "Cumberland Reel (1)," "Hilly-Go Filly-Go All the Way," "King of the Cannibal Islands," "Nottingham Swing," "Vulcan's Cave." English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC.
