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. The tune "Old Times Rocks" was attributed by George H. Coes to blackface minstrel fiddler biography:Zeke Backus." Old Time's Rocks Songster was a minstrel era songbook, and Old Times Rocks was a burlesque or walk-around performed by one of the most famous minstrel troupes, Bryant's Minstrels, throughout the Civil War years through 1869, and has been attributed to the famous minstrel performer and songwriter Dan Emmett. The attribution may refer to the stage production of the 'walk-around' in which each performer in the troupe was showcased in turn; Emmett (or Backus) may or may not have composed the music.
