Annotation:Old King Crow
X:1 T:Old King Crow C:A.F. Winnemore B:”The Celebrated Negro Melodies as sung by the Virginia Minstrels” (Boston 1843, No. 6) M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Isaac Homan manuscript (mid-19th century, Bellport, S:Long Island, NY, Book 2, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|GB dd/B/|c/B/c/e/ .d.d|GB d>B|.c.B A2| GB dd/B/|c/B/c/e/ .d.d|cB AG/A/|BAG|| e/f/|gg/e/ ff/d/|ee dB/G/|gg/e/ ff/d/|e/f/g/e/ de/f/| gg/e/ ff/d/|ee/c/ dd/B/|c/B/c/e/ dd| GBG!D.C.!||
OLD KING CROW. American, Air and Reel (2/4 time). G Major (Comer): D Major (Briggs). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABA. "Old King Crow" was a minstrel song and dance tune written and composed by A.F. Winnemore. It was published in Boston in 1843 in a folio of six songs sung by the Virginia Minstrels, one of the first and most famous blackface minstrels groups to perform. It was also entered into the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Bellport, Long Island, ship-builder and musician biography:Isaac Homan.
