Mexican Polka

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Theme code Index	25L31 3422
Also known as	Black Raven (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stephen F. Davis
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Devil's Box vol. 32 No. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 41
Year of publication/Date of MS	Summer 1998
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Mexican Polka: Annotation

X:1 T:Mexican Polka T:Black Raven, The N:Transcribed by Bill Maloy from jam sessions in the 1960's and N:1970's at the DAV Club in Macon, Georgia. He was told by another N:musician that the tune was correctly called "The Black Raven" and N:that it was sometimes used by Latin American bands for the dance N:called the meringue. M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 32, No. 2, Summer 1998 (p. 41) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G||"G"G2 DG|B G2B|Bd cB|"D7"A3F|F2 DF|AF2A|AcBA|"G"G3G| "G"G2 DG|BG2B|"G7"c3c|c2Ac|"G"G2 GB|"D7"AA GF|"G"G3d| "G"d2 ed|B3B|BG AB|"D7"c3c|c2 dc|A3 A|AF GA|"G"B3d| "G"d2 ed|B3B|"G7"BG AB|"C"c3c|c2 Ac|"G"B2 GB|"D7"AA GF|"G"GG/G/ G||

Mexican Polka: Annotation