Joe Smith
X:1
T:Joe Smith
N:The tune is on the same page as Homan’s “Celebrate Sett” of cotillions,
N:and is probably meant to be the third part of the cotillion. However, he
N:titled the tune “Joe Smith.” It is a version of "Arkansas Traveler" with
N:the part reversed from the usual order.
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Isaac Homan manuscript (mid-19th century, Bellport,
S:Long Island, NY, Book 2, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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P:"This strane composed I. Homan can be played as second on (?)."
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