Annotation:My Only Jo and Dearie
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MY ONLY JO(E) AND DEARIE (O) [1]. Scottish, "Slowish" Reel; Irish, New England, Polka. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was first published in Wilson's Companion to the Ballroom (London, 1816), where it appears among the 'figure' dances, listed as a Scotch tune. Ann Heymann (1990) sees this piece as a version of Irish harper Thomas Connellan's "Celia Connellan," although the relationship between versions of "Jo(e)" and O'Neill's "Celia" appear distant at best.
Source for notated version: Wilson's Companion to the Ballroom [O'Neill].
Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 309. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 50. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922. Wilson (Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 33.
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