Bobby and Joan

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Theme code Index	1554 1251
Also known as	Bobbing Joe
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Morris
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	ENGLAND(West Midlands)
Structure	AABBBB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Lionel Bacon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Morris Ring (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 150
Year of publication/Date of MS	1974
Artist	Biography:John Kirkpatrick
Title of recording	Plain Capers
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic TSCD458
Year recorded	1976
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BOBBY AND JOAN. AKA and see "Bobbing Joe." English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major (Mallinson): A Major (Bacon). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBBB, x4. From the Fieldtown (the village of Leafield, Oxfordshire) area of England's Cotswolds. Related to "Bobbin-a-Joe." The dance from Wheatley is identical to that from Fieldtown, leading John Kirkpatrick (1976) to speculate that there must have been considerable "poaching" of repertoires during the hey-day of morris dancing. The tune is not related to "Bob and Joan"/"Stoneybatter (1)."

Printed sources: Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; p. 150. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 41, p. 20.

Recorded source: Topic TSCD458, John Kirkpatrick - "Plain Capers" (1976).

X: 1
T:Bobby and Joan
A:Field Town
O:English
S:Bacon (MDT)
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=104
P:A(AB2)4
K:G %Transposed from A
P:A
D | G2e d2c | ded cBA | GFG ABc | d2B G2 :|
P:B
G | ABA E2E | ABA E2D | GFG ABc | d2B G2 :|