Bobbing Joe

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Theme code Index	1552 1411
Also known as	Bobbing Joan, Bobbing Joane, Bob and Joan, Bobby and Joan, Bobby and John, Bobbin-a-Jo.
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/4, 6/8
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Chappell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Popular Music of the Olden Times vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 312
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
Artist	Biography:Hesperus
Title of recording	Early American Roots
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Maggie's Music MMCD216
Year recorded	1997
Media
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BOBBING JOE. AKA and see "Bobbing Joan(e)," "Bob(by) and Joan/John," "Bobbin-a-Jo." English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Sharp): AAB (Chappell, Raven): AABB (Johnson). This air appears in John Playford's first (and every subsequent) edition of his The English Dancing Master (1651) and Musick's Delight on the Cithren (1666, where it appears as "Bobbing Joan," a frequent title variation). Quite old, it was considered part of the traditional repertoire in John Playford's day (Pulver, 1923), and may be related to the morris tune "Bobbin-a-Joe." As "Bobbing Joane" it appears in several ballad operas, including Gay's Polly (1729), The Bay's Opera (1730), The Mad House (1737), and A Cure for a Scold (1738). As a dance tune it also appears in Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master, vol. 1 (1718) and vol. 3 (1731).

Printed sources: Barlow (The Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master"), 1986; No. 10. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; p. 312. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs and Dances of the 18th Century), 1997; p. 1. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 37 (a facsimile copy of Playford's Dancing Master version). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; p. 36.

Recorded sources: Dorian 90238, The Baltimore Consort - "A Trip to Killburn." Maggie's Music MMCD216, Hesperus - "Early American Roots" (1997). See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

X:1
T:Bobbing Joe
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp - Country Dance Tunes
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
(A2e) .e2.d | (e>fg) (B>AG) | (A2B c>dB) | (Ae2) A3 | 
(A2e) .e2.d | (e>fg) (B>AG) | (A2B c>dB) | (Ae2) A3 ||
(Bd2) G3 | (Bd2) G2(G | A2B c>BA | c>de A3) | 
(Bd2) G3 | (Bd2) G2(G | A2B c>BA | c>de A3) ||