Davis’, starting “Gay Myra toast of the many area” is actually wrote for the at the very least one or two solitary sheet versions
On 1730 John Walsh had written The 3rd Guide of the very most recognized jiggs, . etc , which includes brand new tunes ‘the Black colored Joak, the fresh new White Joak, the latest Brownish, the fresh new Purple while the Purple Joaks.’ [ABC’s of all the musical on publication reaches Coffey’s track from the Begger’s Marriage was also blogged when you look at the no less than a couple some other factors given that a single layer track with sounds titled “This new coal black Laugh.”
“Light Joke” starred in Robin Hood , Air #14, 1730, and you can these two music starred in Fielding’s New Lotto , 1732. A song, ‘The White Joak Sung by the Mrs Roberts at the Movies in the Dury Lane The text of the Mr. Tune, “The new Light Joak” getting started “Thrice happy Lizzy, flowering housemaid” checked rather than music from the Vocal Miscellany , ‘Volume the second and you may Last’, p. step 1, 1734. “The metropolis Lass plus the Country Lass” into track from “White Joak” appears in Vol. 5 regarding Walsh’s The british Tunes Miscallany ,letter.d. Margaret Crum’s First-line Index out-of English Poetry..Bodleian , item W746a, cards “A unique Song towards track out of Coal black colored Joke”, starting out “Exactly what even if my personal love has got no pelf”.
James Oswald regarding Caledonian Wallet Spouse , Book eight, pp. 18-19, c 1756, provided a beneficial “Burlesque with the Black Joak.” He became “Black colored Joke” to your an excellent Scots song about the following year of the scoring it during the 3/4 some time and titling it “Black Competitor” when you look at the A set of Scots Musical . (mais…)