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Theme code Index	1315 1H632
Also known as	Merry Men Home from the War, Merryman's Grave
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Military
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:George B. Bruce & Dan Emmett
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Bruce & Emmett's Drummers' and Fifers' Guide
Tune and/or Page number	p. 52
Year of publication/Date of MS	1862
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Merry Men (Home from the Grave)
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Quickstep March
S:Bruce & Emmett's Drummers' and Fifers' Guide (1862) 
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D | GAB BAB | GBd def | gfe edB | BAA A2B | 
GAB BAB | GBd def | gfe edB | dBG G2 :|
|: d | gfg efg | ab^g afd | egf edB | BAA A2B | 
GAB BAB | GBd def | gfe edB | dBG G2 :| |

X:1
T:Merryman's Grave
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
S:the music manuscript book of fifer 
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|G2B BAB|GBd def|gfg edB|dcA A2B|
GBB BAB|GBd def|gfg edB|dBG G2:|
|:d|def gfg|eag fed|def gfg|a2A A2B|
G2B BAB|GBd def|gfg edB|dBG G2:|]

X:105
T:Merry Men Home from the War
B:American Veteran Fifer (1905, No. 105)
C:By W.M. Larrabee Binghamton N.Y.
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:1/8=300
K:G t=8
D | GAB BAB | GBd def | gfe edB | BAA A2B |
GAB BAB | GBd def | gfe edB | dBG G2 :|
|: d | gfg efg | abg afd | ege edB | BAA A2B |
GAB BAB | GBd def | gfe edB | dBG G2 :|

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