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Theme code Index	3352 2242
Also known as	Napoleon's Retreat
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time, Texas/Oklahoma
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	USA(Upland South), USA(Piedmont), USA(Southeast), USA(Deep South), USA(Central), USA(Mid Atlantic), USA(Southwest)
Structure	AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Ira Ford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional Music in America
Tune and/or Page number	p. 129
Year of publication/Date of MS	1940
Artist	A.A. Gray
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Okeh 40110 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1924
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations

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T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
M:C
L:1/8
Q:"Andante"
N:DDAd tuning
N:Drone strings throughout.
B:Ford - Traditional Music in America (1940)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
[G,2D2] [G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) (GF) (EF)|[G,2D2][G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) [G,3D3]:|
"accelerando"(3A/B/c/|d2 d>f d2 (3A/B/c/|(dB) (AG) (FD) (3A/B/c/|d2 d>f d[D2A2]|(FD) (EF) (GF) (EF)|
[G,D][G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) (GF) (EF)|[G,2D2][G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) [G,3D3]z2||
(3A/B/c/|[G,2D2]d>"poco"f d2 (3A/B/c/|[G,D]>B (AG) (FD) "poco"(3A/B/c/|[G,2D2]|d>f d2A2|(F>D) (EF) (GF) (EF)|
[G,2D2][GD]F [D2A2]F2|"Piu moto"(ED) (EF) (GF) (EF)|[G,2D2] {G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) [G,4D4]|"Coda"[A8e8]||
M:2/4
L:1/8
"Allegro"(g/e/g/e/ bg|g/e/f/g/ a/g/f)|(g/e/g/e/ bg|1 f/e/f/g/ [A2e2]):|
|2f/e/f/g/ [Ae](3A/B/c/||"Allegretto"d2 d>f d2 (3A/B/c/|(dB) (AG) (FD) (3A/B/c/|d2 d>f d2A2|(FD) (EF) (GF) (EF)|
[G,2D2]"Morendo"[GD]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) (GF) (EF)|[G,2D2] [G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) [G,2D2]-|"Coda"[G,8D8]||

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T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:DDad tuning
F:https://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/bonnepartsretreat_slow7299.mp3
F:https://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/bonapartesretreat7351.mp3 (William Stepp's version)
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
(d3e d2)B(c|dB)A(F ED)FD|Bdde dBAB|dBAF (3EFE Dd-|
(d3e d2)B(c|dB)A(F ED)FD|Bdde dBAB|dBAF (3EFE (DE||
FDFD) A(DFD)|EDEF GFED|F(DFD) A(DFD)|1(EDE)(F D2)DE:|2(EDE)(F D2)[D2A2]||

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T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
D:Aly Bain/Phil Cunningham, The Ruby
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | E2    E/D/E/F/ | GF ED | 
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | EF/G/ FE       | D4- | D4 :|
d2 f>e | d/e/d/B/ AB/c/ | d>B AF | ED F>E | D4- | D4 :|
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | E2    E/D/E/F/ | GF ED | 
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | EF/G/ FE       | D4- | D4 :|
d2 f>e | d/e/d/B/ AB/c/ | d>B AF|\
M:1/4
ED|
M:2/4
B4- | B4 | d2 f>e | d/e/d/B/ AB/c/ | d>B AF | ED F>E | D4- | D4 :||

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