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Jokey
by Josef Strauss (1827–1870)
Josef’s interest in horse racing is confirmed by his “Jockey” Polka which, with just one tune in the middle section and whipped along and by some encouraging percussion, gallops to the finishing post in even less time than the “Sport” Polka.
From Gerald Larner’s files: “Jokey.rtf”