Annotation:Napoleon Crossing the Rhine
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NAPOLEON CROSSING THE RHINE. AKA and see "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)," "Bonaparte Crossing the Alps," "Bonaparte's Retreat (5)," "Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1)," "Blackbird (The)." American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bayard (1944) identifies this tune as belonging to "The Blackbird" tune family (see his extensive note for that tune).
Source for notated version: Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1943 [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 88A.
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