Annotation:Sugar in the Gourd (12)
X:1 T:Sugar in the Gourd [12] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel 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. 7) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador A,|A,/4A,/4z/ C/E/ A/B/c/A/|G/E/C/E/ Gc/d/|{f}e/d/e/f/ g/e/d/g/|e/<a/ a/^g/ aA/B/| c/A/B/G/ A~c/A/|G/E/C/E/ Gc/d/|e/g/f/a/ g/e/f/d/|c/A/B/^G/ Az:| |:A|A/a/ z/b/ ae/f/|g/e/d/B/ G~G/G/|G/g/ z/a/ ge/f/|g/e/d/B/ A/c/B/A/| A,/4A,/4z/ C/E/ A/B/c/A/|G/E/C/E/ Gc/d/|e/g/f/a/ g/e/f/d/|c/A/B/^G/ A:|]
SUGAR IN THE GOURD [12]. American, Reel (2/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune, which is unlike other "Sugar in the Gourd" named tunes, is perhaps a distanced variant of "Cuckoo's Nest (4) (The)" AKA "Jacky Tar."
