the Cock o' the North

X: 1
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/Ireland/jig/CockOfTheNorth_G/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/jig/CockOfTheNorth_G/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/jig/CockOfTheNorth_G/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/jig0/Cock_of_the_North-G-32-3/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/NYE/All_Tunes/CockOf_the_North_G/0000

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