Bunker Hill (1)

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X:1 T:Quick Step T:Bunker Hill [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:March S: Seth Johnson – Woburn Fife Manuscript (c. 1807-40?, pp. 54-55) B: https://archive.org/stream/WoburnFifeBook/MUMSS-00032#page/n59/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (3A/B/c/|d>e d/e/f/g/|a2 f>g |eaea|f/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|d>e d/e/f/g/| a2 f>g|ea ag|(a2a):||:d/e/|f>g fe|dd de/f/| g>a gf/g/|eee:||:d/e/|f>f> ff|g2 f>g|ee ed/e/| f/g/f/e/ dd/e/|f>f ff|g2 f>g|ea f/d/e/c/|(d2d):| |:A|AA/A/ AA|B3f|d2 Af|d2 Ae|a/g/e a/g/e|a/g/e a/g/e|d2 Af| d2 Ae|a/g/e a/g/e|a/g/e a/g/e|ff/g/ a>g|fd/f/g/ a>g|fd dc|d3:|]

BUNKER HILL [1]. AKA and see "Dead March," "A Drag," "Harrison City." American, Quickstep (2/4 time). Southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981) identifies this tune as adapted from a work of classical music, namely von Weber's "Huntsman's Chorus" from the third act of his opera Der Freishutz. The tune entered folk tradition, and kept the title "Huntsman's/Huntsmen's/Hunter's Chorus" in England. It was well-known as a martial tune by Pennsylvania fifers who at some point named it after the Revolutionary War battle, and its operatic origins and name were forgotten.

Source for notated version: a manuscript by fifer Thomase Hoge (Greene County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard].

Printed source: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 322A, p. 281.