Annotation:Bonaparte's March (3)

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X:1 T:Bonaparte's March [3] M:C| L:1/8 R:March B:Roche - vol. 2, No. 231, p. 17 (originally published 1912) K:Amin E>G|A2 A>B A>GE>D|c>de>c d2 e>g|a>ge>d c>AG>E|G>Ec>E G2 E>G| A2 A>B A>GE>D|c>de>c d2 e>g|a>ge>d c>AG>E|A2 A>A A2:| |:eg|a>ge>d c>de>^f|g>ea>^f g2 e>g|a>ge>d c>AG>E|G>Ec>E G2 E>G| c>AB>G A>GE>D|c>de>cd2 e>g|a>ge>d c>AG>E|A2A2A2:||

BONAPARTE'S MARCH [3]. AKA and see "Battle of Waterloo," "Bonaparte Crossing the Alps," "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (2)," "Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains." Irish, Canadian, American; Hornpipe and March. USA, New England, Illinois. A Aeolian (Roche): A Dorian (Phillips). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. No resemblance to "Bonaparte's March (1)" or "Bonaparte's March (2)"; it appears to be a variant of "Bonaparte Crossing the Alps." The march was also in the repertoire of Harvey "Pappy" Taylor (1894-1987), of Effingham, central-south Ill.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Elmer Barton (New England) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 24. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 2), 1912; No, 231, p. 17.

Recorded sources: -John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF-105, Elmer Barton - "New England Traditional Fiddling" (1978).

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