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DUKE OF YORK'S TROOP (THE). AKA - "Duke of York's Troope." English, (3/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). A very popular air and waltz that was printed in a variety of martial publications, fife and woodwind tutors, etc. It also appears in numerous musicians' manuscript collections and copybooks of the very late 18th century and early 19th centuries (for listing of these, see EASMES [1]).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 12, p. 5.

Recorded sources:




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