OLD FOLKS

X: 2404
T: OLD FOLKS
C: Stephen Foster 1851
N: First attributed to Edwin Pearce Christy, who paid Foster for the credit.
R: Sand Jig
%R: air, sand jig, march
B: James Kerr "Merry Melodies" v.2 p.45 #404
Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G
|:\
B4 A>GB>A | G2g2 (eg3) |\
d4 (B2G2) | Adfe dcBA |\
B2B2 A>GB>A | G>Bd>g e2g2 |\
d2B>G A>GB>A | G2[g2B2] [g2B2]z1 :|
|:\
f3g a2f2 | d>^cd>e d2g2 |\
g2e2 c2e2 | d>fa>g (3fed (3cBA |\
B2B2 A>GB>A | G>Bd>g e2g2 |\
d2B>G A>GB>A | G2[g2B2] [g2B2]z1 :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Kerr/MM2-V2/0817
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Kerr/MM2/2404_Old_Folks/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Kerr/MM2/Kerr_MM2-V1/0817
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Kerr/MM2/Kerr_MM2-V2/0817

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