Queen's Grand March
Tune annotations
X:1 T:Queen's Grand March M:C L:1/8 R:March B:Aird – Sixth and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1803, No. 158, p. 63) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (AB/c/)|d4 A3G|F2D2F2A2|d2 df e2 eg|gfed cABc| d4 A3G|F2D2F2A2|d3 e fagf|{f}e6:| |:ef|g3e dcBA|f2d2f2d2|g3e dcBA|a2f2a2f2| d3f e3f|dcBA a3g|f2 fg e2 ef|d2 d>d d2:|]
X:1 T:Slow March, A T:Queen's Grand March M:C| L:1/8 R:March S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 543) 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:D ABc|d4 A4|F2DD F2A2|d2 d>d e2 e>f|gfed dcBA| d2 d>d A2 A>A|F2 DD F2A2|defg aagf|e2 e>e e2:| |:ef|g3e dcBA|f2d2 f2d2|g3e dcBA|a2f2a2f2| d4e4|f d/c/B/A/ a>a g|f2 f>g edef|d2 d>d d2:|]