Commence Ye Darkies All

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Theme code Index	51H55 51H55
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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille, Quadrille/Kadrilj
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	ABCD
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Ira Ford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional Music in America
Tune and/or Page number	p. 95
Year of publication/Date of MS	1940
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COMMENCE YE DARKIES ALL. Old-Time, Quadrille. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. From the early blackface minstrel repertoire, composed by W. D. Corrister and published in 1849.

Touch light the banjo string,
"And rattle the old jawbone;
Oh! Merrily sound the tambourine,
And make that fiddle ring.

Cho:
Then commence, ye darkies all, As loud as ye can bawl, Commence, commence, ye darkies all, tonight.

Printed source: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 95.

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