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MY DOG DIES. AKA and see "James Lee's Favorite." American, Dance Tune (2/4 time). This syncopated dance tune was published in New York in George H. Coes' 1876 collection. "James Lee's Favorite", a tune published a few years later in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (Boston, 1883), is a version of this tune.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Coes (Album of Jigs and Reels), 1876.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Hear the tune played on fretless banjo by Timothy Twis [1]

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-'''MY DOG DIES.''' AKA and see "[[James Lee's Favorite Jig]]." American, Dance Tune. The composition is credited to Zeke Backus in Ryan's Mammoth/Cole's 1000. Backus has been called a New England bandleader and tune composer, although this cannot be substantiated at this time. Some say that Backus was (also?) a minstrel performer, and apparently spent at least some time in San Francisco. However, according to Rice's comprehensive '''Monarchs of Minstrelsy''' (1908), only a Charles Backus was listed in the annals of minstrel performers. It was Charles who was a minstrel in California, and well as the east coast, and he even toured Australia several times. It is not known what, if any, connection he may have had with 'Zeke'.
+'''MY DOG DIES.''' AKA and see "[[James Lee's Favorite]]." American, Dance Tune (2/4 time). This syncopated dance tune was published in New York in George H. Coes' 1876 collection. "[[James Lee's Favorite]]", a tune published a few years later in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (Boston, 1883), is a version of this tune.
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-''Printed sources'': Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 6. '''Ryan’s Mammoth Collection''', 1883; p. 166.
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+Coes ('''Album of Jigs and Reels'''), 1876.
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+See also listing at:<br>
+Hear the tune played on fretless banjo by Timothy Twis [http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/my-dog-dies]<br>
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