Old Aunt Sally
X:1
T:Old Aunt Sally
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Minstrel tune
B:Gumbo Chaff - The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo (1851, p. 5)
N:A later edition of the earliest known banjo tutor, published in 1848.
N:It was written by Elias Howe, whose pseudonym Gumbo Chaff
N:is taken from Thomas Dartmouth Rice's 1834 blackface character.
N:The 1851 edition was published in Boston by Oliver Ditson.
N:In 1850 Howe sold some of his works to Ditson (this one among them)
N:and agreed not to publish similar works for ten years.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
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g|^f/d/>z/g/f/d/>g/|=f/e/f/g/ f/d/>z/^c/|d/g/g/^f/ g/g/g|g/g/a/g/ g/d/>z/z/|
g/g/ z d/d/>z/A/|BG F/D/ z|gABc|d/e/c/A/ A<G z||
X:1
T:My old Aunt Sally
N:A version of minstrel Dan Emmett's "Old Aunt Sally"
M:C
L:1/8
S:Isaac Homan manuscript (mid-19th century, Bellport,
S:Long Island, NY, Book 4, p. 68)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
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ca- (3aaa gf eg|{g}fe df ec A2|ca- (3aaa gf eg|fe df e2 cB|
(3Ace (3aec BA FE|(3Ace (3aec BA FE|Ac Bd ce df |(3efe (3dcB (3Ace a2|
ge za ge zd|(3Ace (3afd ec A2|ca- (3aaa aa aa|ae c'e be- (3eee|
aa- (3aaa ee- (3eee|{d}cG BG AE zE|(3ABc (3Bcd (3cde (3def|(3efe (3dcB (3Ace a2||
X:0761
T:My Old Aunt Sally. Roose.0761
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
N:Note 1 C is written in Manuscript, D would make better sense.
N:This is a song 'My Old Aunt Sally!'
N:There is a copy of the song by the 'Ethiopian Serenaders' in the Library of Congress.
N:The tune is similar but slower and in 6/8.
N:https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1847.421170.0?st=gallery
B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850
Z:Village Music Project. Rob Lands 2019
K:G
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G>G A>A B>B c>c | d>d c>A B<d zD | G>G A>A B>B c>c |"8" d>d c>A G3g |
=f<d zg f<d zg|=f>f f>e f<d zd | d>g g>g =f>d d>d | d>g g>g =f<d zd |
g2z2d3A | B2G2FDz2 | G2A2B2c2 |"16" de cA GGz|]
X:1
T:Old Aunt Sally
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D | D/G/G/B/ A/d/d/e/ | d/d/c/A/ d/d/d/d/ | D/G/G/B/ A/d/d/e/ | d/d/c/A/ A/G/>z/ D/ ||
g | =f/d/>z/g/ g/f/d/>g/ | =f/e/f/g/ f/d/>z/^c/ | d/g/g/^f/ g/g/a/g/ g/d/>z/ z/ |
g/g/ zd/d/>z/A/ | BG F/D/ z | GABc | d/e/c/A/ A<G ||