Boatman's Dance (1)
X:1 T:Boatman's Dance M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Gumbo Chaff - The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo (1851, p. 9) N: A later edition of the earliest known banjo tutor, published in 1848. It was written by Elias Howe, whose pseudonym Gumbo Chaff N:is taken from Thomas Dartmouth Rice's 1834 blackface character. The 1851 edition was published in Boston by Oliver Ditson. N:In 1850 Howe sold some of his works to Ditson (this one among them) and agreed not to publish similar works for ten years. Z:AK/FIddler's Companion K:G d|ee d>B|ee d>d|ee d>B|dd B>d| ee dB|ee d>d|ee d>B|dd B>G| BG A>B|d2 zd|B>G A>B|G2 zG| BG A>B|dd GG/A/|Bd/d/ AB/B/|G2G2| g2 gg|ag e2|G/B/e/d/ Bd/d/|AB Gz||
X:0773
T:Boteman's Danse. Roose.0773, De
T:Boatman's Dance. Roose.0773
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
N:A mistrel song/tune
N:https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/018/028
N:The Roose version may be a better match for published piano sets of tunes
B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850
Z:Village Music Project. Rob Lands 2019
K:G
D | BB A>D | BB A>D | BB AF | AE FD |\
BB A>D | BB A>D | BB AF | AE FD |
F2ED | A3B | BA EF | D3E |\
FF EF/G/ | AA DE | FF E/D/E/F/ | D2FA |
d3d>d | ed B2 | Ad AD/E/ | FE DF/A/ |\
d3d>c | ed B2 | Ad A/F/D/E/ | .F.E.D|]
X:2
T:Boatman's Dance [1]
S:Charles Pool 2009
M:2/2
L:1/4
R:Reel
K:D
G | [BG] [BG] [A3/2F3/2] [A/F/] | [BG] [BG] [A3/2F3/2] [A/F/] | [BG] [BG] [AF] F | E [AD] [A3/2D3/2] G|
[BG] [BG] [A3/2F3/2] [A/F/] | [BG] [BG] [A3/2F3/2] [A/F/] | [BG] [BG] [AF] F | E [DD] [D3/2D3/2] E||
F2 EF | [A3D3] [AD] | F2 EF | D3 E |FF FE/F/ | AA AF/A/ | BA FE | [D2D2] [D2D2] ||
|:[d2G2] [B3/2G3/2] [G/B/] | [AD][AD] F2 | F/F/ E/E/ D/D/ E/E/ |FE [DD] z :|
% Adlib Play D with 4th finger on G string for drone with open D string.