Annotation:Walk Around Dance (1)
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WALK AROUND DANCE [1]. American, Minstrel Tune (2/4 time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. Composed by minstrel performer George H. Coes. E. Le Roy Rice, in Monarchs of Minstrelsy (1900) records:
George H. Coes was a splendid "straight man," possessed a fine voice, and was an excellent banjoist.
He went to California about 1852 from the east, and identified himself with several minstrel companies there.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Coe (Coes Album of Jigs and Reels), 1875.
Recorded sources: