Annotation:Bobbing Joan
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BOBBING JOAN. AKA - "Bob and Joan," "Bobbing Joe," "Bobbing John," etc. AKA and see "Patriotic Diggers (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). D Major (Howe, Riley): G Major (Wilson): F Major (Hime): E Minor (Offord). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Bobbing Joan" is the indicated tune for the song "The Massacre of McPherson" from the Ben Gaultier ballads[1].
- ↑ Buck (ed.), Oxford Book of Song, 1932.