Biddy Oats

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Theme code Index	1H531 1H4H1H1H
Also known as	Army 2/4
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Military
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Bruce & Dan Emmett
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Drummers' and Fifers' Guide
Tune and/or Page number	p. 56
Year of publication/Date of MS	1862
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Year recorded
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Score ()

X:1
T:Biddy Oats
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Quickstep March
S:Bruce & Emmett's Drummers' & Fifers' Guide  (1862)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(3A/B/c/ | df/d/ Ad/A/ | FA/F/ DA | d/c/B/A/ g/f/e/d/ | d/f/c/e/ d/c/B/A/ | 
df/d/ Ad/A/ | FA/F/ De/f/|g/e/f/d/ e/c/d/B/|A/d/A/F/ D :: f/e/|
dF/G/ Ag/f/ | eE/F/ Gf/e/ | d/A/F/A/ g/f/e/d/ | c/e/d/B/ Af/e/ | 
d/A/B/c/ d/A/g/f/ | e/d/c/d/ e/A/a/g/ | f/e/d/c/ B/g/e/c/ | dfd :||

X:2
T:Biddy Oats
B:Bruce & Emmett
B:American Veteran Fifer #87
N:a slightly different version appears in Bruce & Emmett
C:By J.L. Blatchley, Co.E.2nd N.Y.H.A.
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/8=200
K:D t=8
((3A/B/c/) | df/d/ Ad/A/ | FA/F/ DA | d/c/B/A/ g/f/e/d/ | e/f/c/e/ d/c/B/A/ |
df/d/ Ad/A/ | FA/F/ De/f/ | g/e/f/d/ e/c/d/B/ | Acd :|
|: f/e/ | dF/G/ Ag/f/ | eE/F/ Gf/e/ | d/A/F/A/ g/f/e/d/ | c/e/d/B/ Af/e/ |
d/A/B/c/ d/G/g/f/ | e/d/c/d/ e/A/a/g/ | f/e/d/c/ d/g/e/c/ | dfd :|

BIDDY OATS. AKA - "Army 2/4." American, Quickstep (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A popular tune in the American Civil War. In 1862 Bruce and Emmett's Drummers' and Fifers' Guide was published to help codify and train the hordes of new musicians in Union Army service early in the American Civil War. George Bruce was a drum major in the New York National Guard, 7th Regiment, and had served in the United States Army as principal drum instructor at the installation at Governor's Island in New York harbor. Emmett was none-other than Daniel Decatur Emmett, a principal figure in the mid-19th century minstrel craze and composer of "Dixie" (ironically turned into a Confederate anthem during the war) and "Old Dan Tucker," among other favorites. Emmett had been a fifer for the 6th U.S. Infantry in the mid-1850's.

Printed sources: American Veteran Fifer, 1905; No. 87. Bruce & Emmett's Drummers' and Fifers' Guide, 1862; p. 56. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964; p. 54.

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