Annotation:Dick Myers' Jig
X:1 T:Dick Myers’ Jig 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. 7) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F F/G/|A [D2F2] F/G/|AG/B/ A/c/~c|d/>e/f/>d/ c/>A/G/>F/|D/<G/ z/F/ G/>A/B/>G/| A [D2F2] F/G/|AG/B/ A/c/~c|d/>e/f/>d/ c/>A/G/>A/|F [D2F2]:| |:d/e/|f/>g/f/>d/ c/>d/f/>g/|a/<g/ z/a/ g>~a|d/<g/ z/a/ g/>a/g/>f/|d/<g/ z/a/ gf/~g/| a/<f/ z/e/ d/>e/f/>d/|c/>A/G/>F/ G (3A/B/c/|d/>e/f/>d/ c/>A/G/>A/|F [D2F2]:|]
DICK MYERS' JIG. American, Reel (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A synchopated blackface minstrelsy tune that is associated with Daniel Decatur Emmett. 'Dick Myers' may be the same individual named Robert Myers who list credited with the composition "Sliding Jenny Jig."
