Bushwick Reel
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T:Bushwick Reel
N:The composition is credited to Zeke Backus in Coes collection, but
N:was composed more than forty years prior by Michael Higgins.
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists,
B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a
B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs,
B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, p. 25)
N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
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