Rosa Lee

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Theme code Index	1165 6332
Also known as	Boatman's Dance (2), Polka (29)
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Minstrel
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	ABC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Gumbo Chaff
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon
Tune and/or Page number	p. 8
Year of publication/Date of MS	1851
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Score (1)

Rosa Lee: Annotations

X:1 T:Rosa Lee M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Gumbo Chaff - The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo (1851, p. 8) N: A later edition of the earliest known banjo tutor, published in 1848. N:It was written by Elias Howe, whose pseudonym Gumbo Chaff N:is taken from Thomas Dartmouth Rice's 1834 blackface character. N:The 1851 edition was published in Boston by Oliver Ditson. N:In 1850 Howe sold some of his works to Ditson (this one among N:them) and agreed not to publish similar works for ten years. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G2 G/B/d/d/|ee d2|ed BG|BA A2|G>B dd|ee d2|ed BG|BA G2|| gf ed|ed B2|ed c/B/A/G/|A<G E>B|gf ed|ed B>d|!fermata!ed BG|B>A A2|| G>Bdd|ee d2|edBG|BA A2|G>B dd |ed !fermata!g2|b>g d>B|B>A G2||

X:336 T: WENN DER SCHAEFER SCHEREN WILL N: E1488 O: Europa, Mitteleuropa, Deutschland, Halberstadt R: Staende - Lied, Hirten -, Schaefer - Lied M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: G

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Rosa Lee: Annotations