Annotation:Silver Lake (2)
X: 1 T: "the SILVER LAKE" VARSOVIANA R: Varsoviana %R: varsoviana, waltz B: James Kerr "Merry Melodies" v.4 p.47 #425 Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> N: There are "1st time", "2nd time", "3rd time" bracketed notations above the 2nd, 3rd, 4th strains. N: These have been omitted, since they're just a redundant way of of indicating a rondo, which the "D.C." markings also do. M: 3/4 L: 1/8 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/Kerr/MM4/4425_the_Silver_Lake_Varsoviana.abc K: G B>c |\ d2 g2 f2 | c4 A>B |c2 e2 d2 | B4 B>B |B2 A2 B2 | c4 c>d | e2 F2 F2 | G4 ::G2 |e>^d e2 G2 | d>^c d2 G2 |c>B c2 d2 | d4 G2 |e>^d e2 G2 | d>^c d2 G2 |c>B c2 F2 | "_D.C."G4 :| |:d2 |b>^a b2 d2 | b>^a b2 d2 |b>^a b2 c'2 | a4 d2 |a>^g a2 d2 | a>^g a2 d2 | a>^g a2 b2 | "_D.C."G4 ::[K:=f] E>F |G>^F G2 G2 | A>^G A2 A2 | B>A B2 G2 | c4 G2 |e>^d e2 G2 | d>^c d2 A2 |B>A B2 g2 | "_D.C."c4 :|
SILVER LAKE [2], THE. AKA and see "Varsoviana," "Kick a Dutchman." English, Varsovienne (3/4 time). G Major ('A', 'B', & 'C' parts) & D Major ('D' part) {Trim}: G Major {Bayard}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Bayard): AABBCCDD (Trim). Composition credited to W.H. Montgomery in Trim, though to Bayard "everything about" the air suggests it is German in origin and uses international strains. In 1866 during the Canadian gold-rush Robert Burrell grumbled in a letter that the music from Bakerville’s Hurdie house across the street was disturbing his sleep. He mentioned four of the songs that were ringing in his ears: "Silver Lakes Varsovianna,” "King of the Cannibal Islands,” "Sultan Polka" & "Edinburgh Quadrille (The).”
