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'''MY ONLY JO(E) AND DEARIE (O) [1].''' Scottish, "Slowish" Reel; Irish, New England, Polka. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was first published as a song in Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 6''' (1803, p. 548). In London dancing master Thomas Wilson's '''Companion to the Ballroom''' (London, 1816), it appears among the 'figure' dances, listed as a Scotch tune. Ann Heymann (1990) sees this piece as a version of Irish harper Thomas Connellan's "[[Celia Connellan]]," although the relationship between versions of "Jo(e)" and O'Neill's "Celia" appear distant at best. | '''MY ONLY JO(E) AND DEARIE (O) [1].''' Scottish; Air, "Slowish" Reel; Irish, New England, Polka. D Minor (Gow): E Minor (Howe, Wilson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Howe): AAB (Gow). The melody was first published as a song in Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 6''' (1803, p. 548). In London dancing master Thomas Wilson's '''Companion to the Ballroom''' (London, 1816), it appears among the 'figure' dances, listed as a Scotch tune, although Nathaniel Gow notes that it is "Supposed Irish." Ann Heymann (1990) sees this piece as a version of Irish harper Thomas Connellan's "[[Celia Connellan]]," although the relationship between versions of "Jo(e)" and O'Neill's "Celia" appear distant at best. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 309. Johnson ('''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 6'''), 1803; p. 548. Miller & Perron ('''101 Polkas'''), 1978; No. 50. O'Neill ('''Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody'''), 1922. Wilson ('''Companion to the Ball Room'''), 1816; p. 33. | ''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 309. Gow ('''Complete Repository'''), Part 3, 1806; p. 12. Howe ('''1000 Jigs and Reels'''), c. 1867; p. 123. Johnson ('''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 6'''), 1803; p. 548. Miller & Perron ('''101 Polkas'''), 1978; No. 50. O'Neill ('''Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody'''), 1922. Wilson ('''Companion to the Ball Room'''), 1816; p. 33. | ||
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MY ONLY JO(E) AND DEARIE (O) [1]. Scottish; Air, "Slowish" Reel; Irish, New England, Polka. D Minor (Gow): E Minor (Howe, Wilson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Howe): AAB (Gow). The melody was first published as a song in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, vol. 6 (1803, p. 548). In London dancing master Thomas Wilson's Companion to the Ballroom (London, 1816), it appears among the 'figure' dances, listed as a Scotch tune, although Nathaniel Gow notes that it is "Supposed Irish." Ann Heymann (1990) sees this piece as a version of Irish harper Thomas Connellan's "Celia Connellan," although the relationship between versions of "Jo(e)" and O'Neill's "Celia" appear distant at best.
Source for notated version: Wilson's Companion to the Ballroom [O'Neill].
Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 309. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 12. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 123. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum, vol. 6), 1803; p. 548. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 50. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922. Wilson (Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 33.
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