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Theme code Index	1H1H1H5H 2H4H3H0
Also known as	Smile America
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Thomas Arne
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2, 4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Henry Roberts
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Clio and Euterpe or British Harmony vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	pp. 20-21
Year of publication/Date of MS	1758
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Rule Britannia: Annotations

X:1 % T:Rule Britannia M:C L:1/8 R:Air and March B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 524, p. 200) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|:d2d2 (d/e/f/g/) ad|e2 {fg}g2f2 zA|d/e/d/e/ f/g/f/g/ aefe|d(e/f/e)d {d}c2zA| e2 dc a^g/f/ e/d/c/B/|A2B2A2z2|{Bc}d2 dABG zf|gfed {d}c2 ze| Ta2 Tg2 f/d/g/e/ a/f/e/d/|A2Te2 {de}d4||f3f g/f/g/ zf| gfed {d}Tc2c2|Ta2Tg2 (f/d/)(g/e/) (a/f/e/d/|A2Te2 {de}d4:|]

Rule Britannia: Annotations