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the Cock o' the North
Found in Cock_of_the_North-G,A-32-3,4.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X: 2 T: the Cock o' the North O: 1667 R: jig Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> N: Earliest known reference: 1667 Samuel Pepys' diary mentions "Joan's Placket", one of the early titles. N: Titled "Jumping John/Joan" in several 17th-century collections. N: Often called "Auntie Mary" in Ireland and New England, a song title with obscene lyrics. B: Playford 1674, 1686, as "Jumping Joan". M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: G dc \ |: "G"BcB BAG | GBd "C"e2c | "G"BcB "(Em)"BAG | "F"ABA "D7"Adc \ | "G"BcB BAG | GBd "C"e2c | "G"BGB "F"A=FA | "G"GAG G3 :| [| "G"{def}g2d "C"e2d | "G"g2d "C"e2d | "G"BcB BAG | "F"ABA "D7"A2e/f/ \ | "G"g2d "C"e2d | "G"g2d "C"e2d | "G"BcB "F"A=FA | "G"GAG G3 || || "G"{def}g2d "C"e2d | "G"g2d "C"e2d | "G"BcB BAG | "F"ABA "D7"Adc \ | "G"BcB BAG | GBd "C"e2c | "G"BGB "F"A=FA | "G"GAG G3 |]
Alternative sources for this tune:
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Contra/KC/jig/CockOfTheNorth_G/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Vintage/jig/CockOfTheNorth_G/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/jig/Cock_of_the_North-G-32-3/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/program/jig/Cock_of_The_North_G/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/RtB/jig/Cock_of_the_North-G-32-3/0000
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