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|f_annotation='''BRAGS OF WASHINGTON, THE.'''  English, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  Musical researcher Frank Kidson, writing in around the turn of the 20th century, remarks that he found "Brags of Washington" in two anonymous musicians' manuscript collections in his possession, one dating to 1791.  However, he was not able to trace the song to a printed volume or collection, and was forced to conclude, "
|f_annotation='''BRAGS OF WASHINGTON, THE.'''  English, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  Musical researcher Frank Kidson, writing in around the turn of the 20th century, remarks that he found "Brags of Washington" in two anonymous musicians' manuscript collections in his possession, one dating to 1791.  However, he was not able to trace the song to a printed volume or collection, and was forced to conclude, "it never reached a more exalted station than printed on a broadside."  In addition to the Kidson ms's, the tune was also included in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of [[biography:John Roose]] (Manchester, England).
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BRAGS OF WASHINGTON, THE. English, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Musical researcher Frank Kidson, writing in around the turn of the 20th century, remarks that he found "Brags of Washington" in two anonymous musicians' manuscript collections in his possession, one dating to 1791. However, he was not able to trace the song to a printed volume or collection, and was forced to conclude, "it never reached a more exalted station than printed on a broadside." In addition to the Kidson ms's, the tune was also included in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of biography:John Roose (Manchester, England).


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