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|f_annotation='''CORNWALLIS'S SURRENDER'''. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  The first strain is a variant of the first strain of "[[Dance All Night]]/[[Give the Fiddler a Dram (1)]]." The second strain, in 5/4 meter, is unique to source [[biography:Absie Morrison]]'s playing. He liked tunes with historical connotations (see his "[[British March]]" which he also associated with the surrender at Yorktown), although the origins of this tune are obscure.  
|f_annotation='''CORNWALLIS'S SURRENDER'''. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  The first strain is a variant of the first strain of "[[Dance All Night]]/[[Give the Fiddler a Dram (1)]]." The second strain, in irregular meter, is unique to source [[biography:Absie Morrison]]'s playing. He liked tunes with historical connotations (see his "[[British March]]" which he also associated with the surrender at Yorktown), although the origins of this tune and title are obscure. It may be that he was influenced in the title by his fellow Arkansas musician Jimmy Driftwood's hit "Battle of New Orleans" (sung by Johnny Horton), which was number one for ten weeks, as well as the country's interest in Colonial and Revolutionary era events with the 200th anniversary of the French and Indian Wars and the looming American bicentennial. 
|f_source_for_notated_version=[[biography:Absie Morrison]] (1876-1964, Searcy County, Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann].  
|f_source_for_notated_version=[[biography:Absie Morrison]] (1876-1964, Searcy County, Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann].  
|f_printed_sources=Beisswenger & McCann ('''Ozarks Fiddle Music'''), 2008; p. 102.
|f_printed_sources=Beisswenger & McCann ('''Ozarks Fiddle Music'''), 2008; p. 102.

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X:1 T:Cornwallis' Surrender N:From the playing of fiddler Absie Morrison (1876-1964, Landis, N:Searcy County, Arkansas), recorded in the field in 1959 by John N:Quncy Wolf (Lyon College). N:The first part is "Dance All Night (with a Bottle)" M:C| L:1/8 R:Ree D:http://web.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/morrisoncornwallis(fiddle)1249.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G (3ABc|d2 de d2 dc|B2 [GB][GB][G2B2]AB|c2B2 [D2A2] Ac|B[G2B2][GB] [G3B3][DB]-| [D3d3]e d2 dB|B2 [GB][GB][G2B2]AB|c2B2 [D2A2] Ac|[M:3/4]B[G2B2][GB] [G2B2]|| [M:3/2](efg)a g2 ef gage|[M:C|]dcBA G4 |[M:3/2](efg)a g2 ef gage|[M:C|]dcBA (G2 .[G2B2])||



CORNWALLIS'S SURRENDER. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain is a variant of the first strain of "Dance All Night/Give the Fiddler a Dram (1)." The second strain, in irregular meter, is unique to source biography:Absie Morrison's playing. He liked tunes with historical connotations (see his "British March" which he also associated with the surrender at Yorktown), although the origins of this tune and title are obscure. It may be that he was influenced in the title by his fellow Arkansas musician Jimmy Driftwood's hit "Battle of New Orleans" (sung by Johnny Horton), which was number one for ten weeks, as well as the country's interest in Colonial and Revolutionary era events with the 200th anniversary of the French and Indian Wars and the looming American bicentennial.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - biography:Absie Morrison (1876-1964, Searcy County, Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed sources : - Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 102.



See also listing at :
Hear Absie Morrison's 1959 field recording at Lyon College's John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection [1]



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