Annotation:British March (1)

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X:1 T:British March [1] N:From the playing of fiddler Absie Morrison (1876-1964, Landis, N:Searcy County, Arkansas), recorded in the field in 1959 by John N:Quncy Wolf (Lyon College). M:6/8 L:1/8 R:March or Air Q:"Moderately slow, but steady" D:http://web.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/morrisonbritish(fiddle)1249.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G |:g>ag d2d|d>gb a2g|g>dg [D2d2]d|d>gb a3| b>ab b>ag|[Ae]>f[Ae] [Ae]>^cB|e>^cB [D3A3]|[G,G]>AB [DA]>GE|[G,D]>EF [G,3G3]|| |:[G,D]>EG [D2A2]G|[G,G]Be +slide+[ee]>dB|[D2d2]B [D3A3]| [G,G]>AB [DA]>GE|[G,D]>EF [G,3G3]||

BRITISH MARCH [1]. Old-Time, March (6/8 time). USA, Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Source Absie Morrison maintained that this march was played by a British army band while they were stacking their arms at Cornwallis's surrender at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 (see also "The World Turned Upside Down" for another such tale). The origins of the music remain obscure.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Absie Morrison (1876-1964, Searcy County, Arkansas) [Beissenger & McCann].

Printed sources : - Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Tunes), 2008; p. 102.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Hear a field recording of Absie Morrison playing the tune [1]