Old Zip Coon

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Theme code Index	115L5L 3332
Also known as	Natchez Under the Hill (1), Old Bog Hole (The), Turkey in the Straw, Zip Coon
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Minstrel
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AAB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Elias Howe
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon
Tune and/or Page number	p. 12
Year of publication/Date of MS	1843
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Year recorded
Media	Old Zip Coon Played by: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Source: Soundcloud Image: First performed by George Dixon in 1834, Zip Coon made a mockery of free blacks
Score (1)	Old Zip Coon

Old Zip Coon

X:1 T:Old Zip Coon M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Howe - Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon (1843) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C (e/d/) | c/B/c/d/ c (E/F/) | G/A/G/E/ G c/d/ | ee e/d/c/d/ | (edd) e/d/ | c/B/c/d/ c (E/F/) | G/A/G/E/ G (c/d/) | e/d/e/f/ g/e/c/e/ | ecc :| (c/d/) | e/f/g/a/ g (g/f/) | e/f/g/a/ g (g/e/) | faa (a/g/) | faa (a/g/) | c'c'/a/ a/g/e/g/ | e/f/e/c/ d (c/d/) | ee/c/ d/c/A/c/ | Gcc ||

X:2 T:Old Zip Coon M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Gumbo Chaff - The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo (1851, p. 12) 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:Bb (d/c/)|B/A/B/c/ B(D/E/)|F/G/F/D/ F(B/c/)|dd d/c/B/c/|dcc (d/c/)| B/A/B/c/ BD/E/|F/G/F/E/ (FB/c/)|d/c/d/e/ f/d/B/d/ dBB:| |:(B/c/)|d/e/f/g/ f(f/e/)|e/e/f/g/ f(f/d/)|e/f/g/a/ gg/f/|e/f/g/a/ gg/a/| b/a/b/g/ g/f/d/f/|d/e/d/B/ cB/c/|dd/B/ c/B/G/B/|FBB:|]

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