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WHEN IN WAR ON THE OCEAN. AKA and see "Admiral Benbow." English, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "When in war on the ocean" was one of the songs written to the melody "Admiral Benbow," according to Chappell.

Source for notated version: the music manuscript collection of ship's fiddler William Litten [Huntington]. Little is known about Litten, save that he sailed to the Orient with the British East India Company fleet 1800-1802.

Printed sources: Huntington (William Litten's Tune Book), 1977; p. 39.

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