Bonaparte's Expedition

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Theme code Index	1121 211H1H
Also known as	Bonapart's Expedition
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Thomas Skillern
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1799
Tune and/or Page number	p. 8
Year of publication/Date of MS	1799
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BONAPART(E)'S EXPEDITION. English, March or Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). England, Northumburland. G Major (Peacock): C Major (Skillern). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Sounds like it was at one time a song tune.

Printed source: T. Skillern (Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1799 ), 1799; p. 8. Peacock (Peacock's Tunes), c. 1805; No. 18, p. 6.

X:1
T:Buonaparte's Expedition
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:T. Skillern - Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1799 (p. 8)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
G|c>dce|(dcc).|(dcc).e|g3G|
c>dce|(dccc)|A>GAB|c3:|
|:g|(gec).a|(fdB).g|(ecA).f|(dBG).G|
c>dce|d(cc)e|A>GAB|c3:|]

X:1
T:Bonapart's [sic] Expedition
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Peacock's Tunes (1805, No. 18)
K:G
D|G>AGB|AGGB|AG GB|d3B|
G>AGB|AGGD|EDEF|G3||
B/c/|dBGe|cAFd|BGEc|AF D2|
GAGB|AGGD|EDEF G3:|]