Annotation:Old Stanley Reel
X:1 T:Old Stanley Reel M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel C:George H. Coes B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists, B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs, B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, p. 18) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A c/B/|A/G/A/B/ A/E/F/G/|A/B/c/d/ ee/f/|{a}=g/f/g/a/ f/e/d/f/|(3e/f/e/ (3d/c/B/ A/a/e/c/| A/G/A/B/ A/E/F/G/|A/c/e/g/ =gf/g/|a/=g/e/f/ g/f/e/d/|c/e/d/B/ Az:| |:(3e/f/g/|a/e/c/A/ f/d/B/G/|A/c/E/c/ A/c/E/c/|B/d/E/d/ B/d/E/d/|c/e/A/e/ c/e/A/c/| a/e/c/A/ f/d/B/G/|A/c/E/c/ AB/c/|d/f/e/d/ c/A/B/G/|A/E/C/E/ A,z:| K:D F/G/|(3A/A/A/A B/G/B/d/|e/A/c/e/ dd/e/|f/d/g/e/ a/f/d/f/|(3e/f/e/ (3d/c/B/ A/G/F/G/| (3A/A/A/A B/G/B/d/|c/A/c/e/ gf/g/|a/f/d/B/ A/g/e/c/|d{e}d/c/ dz:| K:A c/d/|e/f/e/c/ A/B/c/A/|{c}B/E/G/B/ AA/B/|c/A/c/e/ d/c/B/A/|G/A/B/G/ Ec/d/| e/f/e/c/ A/B/c/A/|B/c/d/e/ fg/a/|b/g/f/d/ c/B/A/G/|A3z:|]
OLD STANLEY REEL. American, Reel (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune was composed by blackface minstrel musician biography:George H. Coes. The title may in some way be associated with the character of Old Stanley in English playwright John Poole's (1786-1872) immensely popular comic play Paul Pry, which premiered at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 13th Sept., 1825. Alternatively, it could be the name of a theater or other venue for minstrel performances.
