Off Go Those St. John’s Girls polka

There are 4 recordings of this tune.

Off Go Those St. John's Girls has been added to 7 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Off Go Those St. John's Girls
R: polka

M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
ff ge|dd A2|ff ge|d4|
ff ge|dd A>B|=cd BA|1 G4:|2 G2 FG||
A2 AB|G2 FG|AA AB|G2 FG|
A2 A2|g2 f2|ed ef|d2 d2||

X: 2
T: Off Go Those St. John's Girls
R: polka

M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
ff ge|d2 d>e|f/e/f ge|d2 d>e|
f/e/f ge|d2 A>B|cd BA|GB/G/ FG||
AF AB|GB FG|AF AB|GB FG|
AF AB|g2 f>e|f/e/d ef|d2- d2||

Two comments

Off Go Those St. John’s Girls

I got this one from the A Crowd of Bold Sharemen album, and yes, they do play it AAB. A simple, catchy tune, it seems to be a relative of “Over the Waterfall”.

Off Go Those St. John’s Girls, X:2

From the playing of Shanneyganock.

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