Annotation:Mount Shasta Jig
X:1 T:Mount Shasta Jig C:George H. Coes M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe 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. 38) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A SE/E/A/c/ {c}B/A/c/e/|Tfe/c/ Tfe/c/|ag/f/ e/c/A/c/|G/A/B/c/ dc/A/| E/E/A/c/ B/A/c/e/|Tfe/c/ d/e/f/g/|a/e/c/A/ e/d/B/c/|A3z:| K:E B/e/ {f}(3e/d/e/ f/e/g/f/|e/c/B/G/ Ez|B,/E/ {F}(3E/D/E/ F/E/G/E/|B,/E/ {F}(3E/D/E/ F/E/G/E/| B/e/ {f}(3e/d/e/ f/e/g/e/|b/g/e/g/ ab/a/|g/f/e/g/ f/e/d/f/|e/^d/e/f/ e/=d/B/G/!D.C.!|| K:A {B}A/G/A/B/ A/E/F/G/|{B}A/G/A/B/ A/E/F/G/|{B}A/G/A/B/ =c/B/c/d/|e/a/^g/b/ a(3e/f/g/| a/^g/a/a/ a/=g/e/f/|g/f/g/e/ d/B/G/B/|A/ae/ {g}f/e/c/A/|{c}B/A/{B}A/G/ Az !D.C.!||
MOUNT SHASTA JIG. AKA - "Mount Shasta Hornpipe." American, "Sand Jig" or Hornpipe (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABAACAA. "Mount Shasta Jig" was composed by biography:George H. Coes, who, in his blackface minstrel years, was a member of troupes in the San Francisco area. Mount Shasta is a rugged 14,179-ft-high volcanic formation in north-central California, near the border with Oregon. Coes was known to have performed with minstrels in mining camps, perhaps in the Mount Shasta region.
Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 3 (1885, p. 248)