Captain Jinks (playparty)

DESCRIPTION: Dance featuring the infamous Captain Jinks (of the Horse Marines): "Captain Jinks came home last night, Gentleman passes to the right, Swing your lady very polite, For that's the style in the army. All join hands and circle left...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Wolford-ThePlayPartyInIndiana)
KEYWORDS: playparty soldier nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Wolford-ThePlayPartyInIndiana, pp. 27-29=Wolford/Richmond/Tillson-PlayPartyInIndiana, pp. 159-160, "Captain Jinks" (1 text, 1 tune)
List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana, pp. 133-137, "Captain Jinks" (2 short texts, 2 tunes, of "Captain Jinks (playparts)," plus sheet music of the origina lCaptain Jinks)
Thompson-BodyBootsAndBritches-NewYorkStateFolktales, p. 309, "Captain Jinks" (1 short text; the material on p. 308 might also go with this song)
Tobitt-SkipToMyLou, p. 5, "Captain Jinks" (1 text, 1 tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 523, "Captain Jinks" (notes only, so it's not clear if it's this or the regular "Captain Jinks," but it's a dance, so I would guess it belongs here)
Roud #4858
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Captain Jinks" (character, lines)
NOTES [69 words]: This is clearly "about" THE Captain Jinks of the ballad of the same name, and Roud lumps the two -- but this is simply a dance, with no plot; the only common material is that it's about Captain Jinks and he dances with ladies. I would consider them separate songs.
There is a third song about Captain JInks, "Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?" by Bert Kalmar, Edgar Leslie, and Jean Schwartz, which was popular in 1916. - RBW
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File: WOlf027

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