Annotation:Old Time Rocks
X:1 T:Old Times Rocks C:Zeke Backus M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Sand Jig 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. 36) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D S(3e/f/g/|ab z/a/f/d/|z/g/f/d/ e/d/B/A/|z/f/ g f/d/e/c/|d/e/f/g/ af/g/| ab z/a/f/d/|z/g/f/d/ e/d/B/A/|z/f/ g f/d/e/c/|d/B/A/F/ E/D/F/A/:| z/G/c/d/ A/F/E/D/|z/A/B/G/ A/F/E/D/|z/A/c/d/ A/F/E/D/|1d/d/ (3d/d/d/ f/d/e/c/:|2 d/B/A/F/ E/D/F/A/||
OLD TIMES ROCKS. American, 'Sand Jig' (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Times Rocks" is attributed by George H. Coes to blackface minstrel fiddler biography:Zeke Backus."
