Annotation:539 Broadway Polka
X:1 T:539 Broadway Polka C:James Buckley M:2/4 L:1/8 B:"Buckley's Violin Tunes" (1855, p. 32) N:539 Broadway was the NYC address of their leased theater, N:Buckley's Opera House. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A/G/|FAdf|fe Be/d/|cegb|b2- aA/G/|FAdf fe Be/d/| c/d/e/f/ g/a/b/c'/|d'd'd'||c'|c'e' ac'|bd' f>f|^ge c'b|af' e'2| c'e' ac'|^gd' fa|^ge c'b|a2 z2|B=c ^cd|ed b2| c'd bf|ge c2|B=c ^cd|ed b2|c'db>a|g2 z!D.C.!||
539 BROADWAY POLKA. American, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by English-born James Buckley, whose minstrel troupe, Buckley's Serenaders, was one of the premiere blackface minstrel organizations of the mid- to latter 19th century in the United States.
