Annotation:Yellow Joke (3)

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YELLOW JOAK. English, Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune first appears in Daniel Wright's Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1731). There were several "Joak" or "Joke" tunes published in the 1730's, in imitation of the immensely popular "Black Joke (1)." They typically were named after colors: white, brown, yellow, red, and often had irregular parts; six bars followed by a ten-bar part.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: John Kirkpatrick’s English Choice (2003). Offord (John of the Greeny Cheshire Way), Wright (Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances), London, 1740; p. 85. Walsh (The Compleat Country Dancing-Master), 1740; p. 61.

Recorded sources: EFDSS CD14, The Gloworms - "Running Joak" (2007). Talking Elephant TECD, "Mother of All Morris." 118Topic Records 12TS247, John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris - "The Rose of Britain's Isle" (1974). John Kirkpatrick - "Orlando’s Return - 55 English Traditional Tunes" (2003).

See also listing at:
See/hear the melody fiddled on youtube.com [1]

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