Annotation:Swamp Angel
X:1 T:Swamp Angel Reel C:George H. Coes M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists, B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs, B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, p. 54) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859.Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A (3E/F/G/|A(3c/B/A/ F/A/E/A/|C/E/A/c/ {c}B/A/B/c/|d(3f/e/d/ c/e/A/c/|(3d/c/B/ (3c/B/A/ B/A/F/E/| A(3c/B/A/ F/A/E/A/|C/E/A/c/ {c}B/A/B/c/|d/e/f/g/ (3a/g/f/ (3e/f/g/|a/f/e/c/ Az:| |:(3c/B/A/ e/c/ f/c/e/c/|(3c/B/A/ e/c/ d/B/G/B/|(3c/B/A/ e/c/ (3f/e/c/ (3e/f/g/|a/e/c/A/ {c}B/A/F/E/| (3c/B/A/ e/c/ f/c/e/c/|a/e/c’/a/ b/g/ (3e/f/g/|a/f/g/e/ f/d/e/c/|(3d/c/B/ (3c/B/A/ B/A/G/B/!D.C.!:|]
SWAMP ANGEL HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Music in the Glen." Scottish, American (?), Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Swamp Angel" is a hornpipe of unknown provenance, as editor Laybourn published tunes from various sources, including some American sources, in his latter 19th century Köhler collections. There was an American Civil War cannon called the "Swamp Angel," an eight-inch Parrott Seacoast Rifle. It was used by federal Brigadier General Quincy Adams Gillmore to bombard Charleston, South Carolina, and was manned by the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The battle was the inspiration for Herman Melville's poem "The Swamp Angel." There is no recorded association between the cannon and the hornpipe title, but one may yet be found, perhaps from Maine.
