Annotation:Edenside Rangers Slow March
X:1 T:Edenside Rangers Slow March M:C L:1/8 R:March S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 205) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C e>f|g2 e>g g>fe>d|e2 c>c c2 d>d|e>e f>f g>ga>f|{e}d2 d>d d2 e>f| g2 e>g f>fe>d|e2 e>e ^f2 f>f|ga/b/ d'/c'/b/a/ g2 ^f2|g2 g>g g2:| |:g>g|g4 B3d|c4 d3f|egab c’gec|g2 g>g g2 B>B| c2f>f e2 a>a|g2 b>b c'2a2|g>Bc>f e2 Td2|c2 c>c c2:|]
EDENSIDE RANGERS SLOW MARCH. England, Slow March (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Edenside Rangers were a military unit first raised in 1802 by country gentleman and antiquary Henry Howard (1757–1842), who had hoped for a military career. Educated in Catholic universities and on the Continent, Howard hoped for a commission as an officer in the British Army. This was denied him, however, until the Penal Laws against Catholics were rescinded in 1795. He was then appointed a Captain in the York Militia with whom he served a time in Ireland before returning home around the turn of the century.