Walk in the Parlor (1)

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 Theme code Index    35L6L1 3521
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Minstrel
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Gumbo Chaff
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 11
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1851
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Walk in de Parlor [1] M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air N:Allegro N:"Arranged by E.P. Christy and sung by Thos. Vaughn of Christy's Minstrels" S:Sheet music published by Jaques & Brother, 385 Broadway K:A "Intro."A>B|c>EE>E F>EA>B|c>Ae>c B2 A>B|c>EE>E F>EA>B|c>Ae>c A2 A>B| c>EE>E F>EA>B|c>Ae>c B2 A>B|c>EE>E F>EA>B|c>Ae>c A2|| "Verse"(AB)|c>E E>E FE A>B|c>A e>c B B (AB)|c>E E>E (FE) A>B|c A e c A A (AB)| c>E E>E (FE) A>B|c>A e>c B2 (AB)|c>E EE F>E AB/ B/|c>A e>c A2 zE| (Ac) e2 (Ac) e2|(A>c) e>c B2 z2|A>c e>e e2 e e|f e c A B4|| "Chorus"A>c e>e e2 a e |f>e c>A B2 (AB)|c>E E>E F E A>B|c>A e>c A2 "Instrumental"A>B| c>EE>E F>EA>B|c>Ae>c B>EA>B|c>EE>E F>EA>B|c>Ae>c [A2c2e2a2]||


X:1 T:Walk in de Parlor [1] M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Gumbo Chaff - The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo (1851, p. 11) N: A later edition of the earliest known banjo tutor, published in 1848. It was written by Elias Howe, whose pseudonym Gumbo Chaff N:is taken from Thomas Dartmouth Rice's 1834 blackface character. 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) and agreed not to publish similar works for ten years. Z:AK/FIddler's Companion K:G GA|B>DD>D EDG>A|B>Gd>B AAGA|B>DD>D ED G>A|BGdB GGGA| B>DD>D EDG||A|B>Gd>B A2 GA|B>DDD E>D GA/A/|G>Bd>B G2 z [DF]| GB d2 GBd2|T>Bd>B A2 z2|G>Bd>d d2 dd|edBG A4| G>B d>d d2 gd|e>d B>G A2 [GB]A|B>DD>D EDG>A |B>Gd>B G2 z2||