- Seely Simpkins Jig
"Seely Simpkins Jig" is a
song by American songwriterDan Emmett . Emmett named the song for Seeley Simpkins, a resident of Knox County,Ohio , well known for hisfiddle playing andwhistling . Simpkins' property neighbored that of Thomas Snowden, a man whom Howard L. and Judith Sacks credit with helping Emmett write the song "Dixie". [Sacks and Sacks 170.] "Seely Simpkins Jig" was later published as aquickstep in "Fife Instructor", a manual by Emmett.Notes
References
* Sacks, Howard L, and Sacks, Judith (1993). "Way up North in Dixie: A Black Family's Claim to the Confederate Anthem". Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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