Philisee Charcoal
Philisee Charcoal: Annotations
X:1 T:Philisee Charcoal M:6/8 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 d|e2d c2B|d2 c A2z|B2c e2d|B3 z2d| g2d c2B|d2c A3|B2c e2d|G3 z!fine!||d| dcB BAG|F2A c2B|e2de ^c2d|B3-G2d| dcB BAG|F2A c2B|e2e ^c2d!D.C.!||
Philisee Charcoal: Annotations