Annotation:General Blucher
X:61 T:General Blucher. RHu.62 B:R.Hughes MS,1823,Whitchurch,Shrops. A:Whitchurch, Shropshire Z:Neil Brookes 2006 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 R:Jig K:D A2d dcd|e2ee2g|f2d dcd|e2cA2z| A2d dcd|e2ee2g|f2d edc|d2dd3:| |:a2a agf|g2ab3|g2g gfe|f2ga3| d2dB2B|e2ec2c|f2fd2d|"D.Capo"g2fe3|]
GENERAL BLUCHER. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "General Blucher", named for the Napoleonic era allied hero, is contained in the 1823 music manuscript collection of Whitchurch, Shropshire, musician Robert Hughes. The first strain is cognate with Campbell's "General Prince Blucher's Victory" but the second strains differ.
