Annotation:Black Crook Jig
X:1 T:Black Crook Jig M:2/4 L:1/8 R:George H. Coes 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. 17) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:E B/|eg/e/ {g}f/e/g/e/|(3e/e/e/ g/e/ z/B/G/B/|c/A/ z/c/ B/G/E/G/|F/f/{g}f/e/ f/a/g/f/| eg/e/ {g}f/e/g/e/|(3e/e/e/ g/e/ z/B/G/B/|1 c/Ac/ {c}B/G/E/G/|B/g/{a}g/f/ ez:|2 c/a/a/g {g}f/e/d/c/ B/b/a/f/ d/B/A/F/|| |:GG/E/ FF/E/|GG/F/ G/B/B/B/|(3e/e/e/ g/e/ {g}f/e/g/e/|a/f/g/e/ f/e/c/B/| GG/E/ FF/E/|GG/F/ G/B/z/B/|z/e/g/e/ z/B/G/B/|z/b/a/f/ ez:|]
BLACK CROOK JIG (2/4 time). American, Reel (2/4 time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. "Black Crook Jig" was composed by blackface minstrel biography:George H. Coes. The Black Crook became, during its months as a Broadway phenomenon, the butt of burlesque in virtually every minstrel and burlesque troupe in town. Christy’s Minstrels, the San Francisco Minstrels, Kelly and Leon (The Great Black Crook Burlesque) all featured parodies of the show, Tony Pastor offered John F Poole’s The White Crook and visiting British actor Edward Warden penned a Black Cook which went round the country.
