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|f_annotation='''TO RODNEY WE WILL GO.''' See "[[Jack the Jolly Ploughboy]]," "[[Jolly Plowman (1)]]," "[[Jolly Ploughman (1)]]." English, Country Dance Tune and Quickstep (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "To Rodney We will go" is another tune honoring British naval officer [[wikipedia:George_Brydges_Rodney,_1st_Baron_Rodney]] (1718-1792), hero of the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. James Aird printed the tune twice in his Glasgow-based publications, in his third volume of '''Selections''', and again in the sixth volume of 1803 (p. 63) wherein it is identified as a "quickstep." The tune was entered by British army fifer John Buttery in his large early 19th century music manuscript collection, evidently copied from Aird's sixth collection as he uses the title that includes 'quickstep'. | |f_annotation='''TO RODNEY WE WILL GO.''' See "[[Jack the Jolly Ploughboy]]," "[[Jolly Plowman (1)]]," "[[Jolly Ploughman (1)]]." English, Country Dance Tune and Quickstep (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "To Rodney We will go" is another tune in traditional repertory honoring British naval officer [[wikipedia:George_Brydges_Rodney,_1st_Baron_Rodney]] (1718-1792), hero of the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. James Aird printed the tune twice in his Glasgow-based publications, in his third volume of '''Selections''', and again in the sixth volume of 1803 (p. 63) wherein it is identified as a "quickstep." The tune was entered by British army fifer John Buttery in his large early 19th century music manuscript collection, evidently copied from Aird's sixth collection as he uses the title that includes 'quickstep'. | ||
|f_printed_sources=James Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3'''), Glasgow, 1788; No. 415, p. 160. Moffat ('''Minstrelsy of Ireland'''), 1897; Appendix, p. 339. | |f_printed_sources=James Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3'''), Glasgow, 1788; No. 415, p. 160. Moffat ('''Minstrelsy of Ireland'''), 1897; Appendix, p. 339. | ||
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TO RODNEY WE WILL GO. See "Jack the Jolly Ploughboy," "Jolly Plowman (1)," "Jolly Ploughman (1)." English, Country Dance Tune and Quickstep (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "To Rodney We will go" is another tune in traditional repertory honoring British naval officer wikipedia:George_Brydges_Rodney,_1st_Baron_Rodney (1718-1792), hero of the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. James Aird printed the tune twice in his Glasgow-based publications, in his third volume of Selections, and again in the sixth volume of 1803 (p. 63) wherein it is identified as a "quickstep." The tune was entered by British army fifer John Buttery in his large early 19th century music manuscript collection, evidently copied from Aird's sixth collection as he uses the title that includes 'quickstep'.
