Soldier's Dance (1)
X:1 T:Soldier's Dance [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Allegretto" N:”Performed by Master Giles.” Master Giles, also known as “The Little N:Devil on Horseback” was a young and talented member of the N:equestrian company of the Edinburgh circus in the 1791 season. B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A E|A2A AGA|B2B e2d|c2A AGA|GBG EFG| A2A AGA|B2B e2d|cBA BAG|A2A A2:| |:e2e cde|f2f f3|g2g efg|a2a a3| e2e cde|fga agf|edc BAG|A2A A2:||
X:1
T:Soldier’s Dance [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 85, p. 35)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E|A2A AGA|B2B e2d|c2A AGA|GBG EFG|
A2A AGA|B2B e2d|cBA BAG|A2A A2:|
|:e2e cde|f2f f3|g2g efg|a2a a3|
e2e cde|fga agf|edc BAG|A2A A2:|]
X: 1
T: Soldier's Dance [1]
R: jig
B: W. Hamilton "Universal Tune-Book" Vol. 1 Glasgow 1844 p.87 #4
S: http://imslp.org/wiki/Hamilton's_Universal_Tune-Book_(Various)
Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/Hamilton/HUTB1/10874_Soldiers_Dance.abc
K: A
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E |\
A2A AGA | B2B e2d | c2A AGA | GBG EFG |
A2A AGA | B2B e2d | cBA BAG | A2A A2 :|
|: c |\
e2e cde | f2f f3 | g2g efg | a2a a3 |
e2e cde | fga agf | edc BAG | A2A A2 :|
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X:1
T:Soldier’s Dance
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Septimus Winner - New American School for the Banjo (1883, p. 40)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E|A2A AGA|B2B e2d|c2A AGA|GBG EFG|
A2A AGA|B2B e2d|cBA BAG|A2A A2!Fine!:|
|:c|e2e cde|f2f f2z|G2G EFG|A2A A2z|
e2e cde|f2f f2z|edc BAG|A2A A2!D.C.!:|]
X:2
T:Soldier’s Dance
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:Ford “lifted” several tunes from Septimus Winner’s 1883 banjo
N:tutor; this was one of them.
S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E|A2A AGA|B2B e2d|c2A AGA|GBG EFG|
A2A AGA|B2B e2d|cBA BAG|A2A A2:|
|:c|e2e cde|f2f f2z|G2G EFG|A2 A A2z|
e2e cde|f2f f2z|edc BAG|A2A A2:|