Annotation:Poor Old Robinson Crusoe

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POOR OLD ROBINSON CRUSOE. AKA and see "Poor Old Soldier," "Old Soldier (1) (The)," "Rogue's March (1) (The)." American, Dance and Song Tune (6/8 time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Once a song air but the melody is now better-known as "The Rogue's March," which has, since 1750, been the regulation drumming-out tune for offenders from the British army. It was imported to the Americas for the same use.

Poor old Robinson Crusoe was lost, On an island they say, O, He stole him a coat from an old billy-goat, I don't see how he could do so.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 79 (Ford also prints different words for a song called "Robinson Crusoe," to a different jig tune). Winner (New American School for the Banjo), 1883; p. 36.

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