Brown Joak (The)

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Theme code Index	3b5 1H7b 7b2 7L3
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:John Walsh
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Third Collection of Lancashire Jigs Hornpipes Joaks etc.
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1730
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BROWN JOAK, THE. English, Jig (6/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in Walsh's Third Collection of Lancashire Jigs, Hornpipes, Joaks etc. (c. 1730). A number of different colored 'Joaks' followed on the success of "The Black Joak/Joke", in imitation.

X:1
T:Brown Joak 
B:Walsh 
M:6/4 
L:1/8 
K:Gm 
GA| B3 A G2 d3 g2 ^f| g3 ab2 f2 d2 B2| f6 A4 G2| ^F2 f2 c2 =B2 g2 f2| 
b3 a g2 A2 B2 ^F2| G6 G,4::gf| g3 a b2 ^f2 d2 ^f2| g3 ab c'3 b a2| 
^f6 e4 ^f2|g3 a b2 ^f2 d2 ^f2| g2 d2 B2 c2 d2 ^F2| G6 G,3:||