Old Joe (3)
X:1 T:Old Joe [3] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Gumbo Chaff - The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo (1851, p. 16) N: A later edition of the earliest known banjo tutor, published in 1848. It was written by Elias Howe, whose pseudonym Gumbo Chaff N:is taken from Thomas Dartmouth Rice's 1834 blackface character. The 1851 edition was published in Boston by Oliver Ditson. N:In 1850 Howe sold some of his works to Ditson (this one among them) and agreed not to publish similar works for ten years. Z:AK/FIddler's Companion K:G g|gg f>f|ee d2|z2 zg|ggff|ee d2|z2 z g|gg f>f|ee d2| z2ze|gg/g/ ff/f/|ee/e/ d2|g2g2|GG/G/ d/d/d/d/|ee/e/ dd/d/| c/c/c/c/ B/B/B/B/|AA G2|GG/G/ d/d/d/d/|ee/e/ dd/d/|c/c/c/c/ B/B/B/B/|AA G2||
X:1 T:Old Joe [3] M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Isaac Homan manuscript (mid-19th century, Long Island, NY) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A ((3e/f/g/|a)a .g.g|.f.f ec|d/e/f/d/ ec|Bc A(f/g/)| .a.a .g.g|.f.f ec|d/e/f/d/ ec|Bc A|| E|AA a2|(e/f/).e/.c/ B2|.A.A a2|d/f/e/c/ A2| .A.A {g}a/g/a/f/|(e/f/).e/.c/ B2|c/d/e/c/ d/e/f/d/|ec A!D.C.!|| |:(c/d/).e/.c/ d/e/f/d/|c/d/e/c/ B/c/d/B/|c/d/e/c/ d/e/f/d/|1 ec A2:|2 e/a/e/b/ a2||
X:0754 T:Old Joe [3]. Roose.0754 M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 N:Copy of song in the Library of Congress N:https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1848.440930.0?st=gallery C:'Ethiopian Serenaders' B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850 Q:"Allegretto" Z:Village Music Project. Rob Lands 2019 K:G "Song"dd cc/c/ | BBA "Sym"B/c/ | d(d/B/) c(c/A/) | "4"BAGz | "Song"dd cc/c/ | BB/B/ A "Sym"B/c/ | d(d/B/) c(c/A/) |"8" BAG "Song"B | dd/d/ cc | BAG "Sym"B/c/ | d(d/B/) c(c/A/) |"12"BAG G | !fermata!g2"Song"GG | g2dz | "Sym"g2dz | "16""Song"DGDz | "Sym"dgdz |"Song"DGDz || "Song"dd c/c/d/d/ |"20" BB/B/ AA | dd/d/ c/c/c/c/ | BAGz | dd c/c/d/d/ |"24" BB/B/ AA | dd c/c/c/c/ | BA GD | G/F/G/A/ BG |"28" dc zF | G/F/G/A/ BG |E2zF | G/F/G/A/ BG |"32" edz2 | G/F/G/B/ DF | G3z |]