Dusty Miller (10)
Tune annotations
X:1 T:Dustey Millor, The. A Retreat M:12/8 L:1/8 R:Retreat March S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 9, p. 2) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B3c d2B2A2G2|F2A2A2 c2B2A2|B3cd2 B2A2G2|D2G2G2 B2 A2G2:| |:B2d2d2 g2f2g2|a2A2A2 c2 B2A2|B2d2d2g2f2 ef|g2 G2 G2 B2 A2G2| B2 d2d2 g2 f2g2|a2AA c2B2A2|B2d2d2g2f2g2|g2G2G2 B2 A2 G2:|]
X:1 T:Dusty Miller, The M:6/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Lively" B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 20) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B3c d2B2A2G2|F2A2A2B2A2G2|B3c d2B2A2G2|D2G2G2 B2A2G2:| |:B2d2d2g2 (f2e2)|a2A2A2|B2A2G2|B2d2e2g2f2a2|g2G2G2 B2A2G2:|]
X:1 T: The Dusty Miller M:3/4 K:F |:A>BcAGF|E>GGBAG|A>BcAGF|CFFAGF:| |:A>Bcdef|gGGBAG|ABcfeg|fFFAGF:|