Bobbing Joan

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 Theme code Index    3H1H1H 3H1H7
 Also known as    Bob and Joan, Bobbing Joe, Bobbing John, Bobbing Joan or Love and Whiskey, Patriotic Diggers (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/2, 3/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Morris/Maurice Hime
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 6
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1804
 Artist    Biography:Dave Shepherd & Becky Price
 Title of recording    Ashburnham
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-36
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Bobbing Joan M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Hime - Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed B:with Basses, vol. 1 (Dublin, 1804, No. 6) F:http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90673324/f3.image Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F d<BB<G B2|d<BB<G Ac|dBBG B2|F/G/A/B/ cF Ac:| |:BdfB d2|BdfB df|gefd c2|FAcF Ac:|]


X:1 T:Bobbing Joan, or T:Patriotic Diggers, The M:3/4 L:1/8 B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 1” (New York, 1814, No. 143, p. 36) B: https://archive.org/details/flutemelodies0000rile/page/n51/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D fddA d2|fddA ce|fddA d2 |efeA ce:| |:daag f2 |daag fa|bagf g2|eg/f/ ed ce!D.C.!:|


X:1 T:Bobbin Joan T:Love and Whiskey O:"Old English" M:3/2 L:1/8 Q:"Allegro" B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 28) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B2G2G2 E2 G4|B2G2G2 E2F2A2|B2G2G2 E2G2B2|A2B2A2 G2F2A2:| |:G2B2d2 c2 B4|G2B2d2 c2B2d2|e2d2c2 B2c2B2|A3B ABAG F2A:|]


X:189 T:Bab in Town N:A version of “Bobbing Joan”, time signature should be 3/4 O:No 189 William Clarke of Feltwell Z:Transcribed by David Dolby 2010 M:6/8 L:1/8 K:D fddA d2| fddB ce| fddA d2| efed ce:| dfag f2| dfag fa| bagf g2| efed ce:||


X:2 T:Bobbing Joan, or Love and Whiskey M:3/4 L:1/8 S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (fd)(dB) d2 | (fd)(dB) (ce) | (fd)(dB) (df) | (ef)(ed) (ce) :| |: (df).a.g .f2 | (df).a.g .f.a | (ba)(gf) (gf) | (e>f) (e/f/e/d/) (ce) :||