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X:1 T:Soldier's Dance [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Allegretto" N:”Performed by Master Giles.” Master Giles, also known as “The Little N:Devil on Horseback” was a young and talented member of the N:equestrian company of the Edinburgh circus in the 1791 season. B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A E|A2A AGA|B2B e2d|c2A AGA|GBG EFG| A2A AGA|B2B e2d|cBA BAG|A2A A2:| |:e2e cde|f2f f3|g2g efg|a2a a3| e2e cde|fga agf|edc BAG|A2A A2:||

SOLDIER'S DANCE [1]. AKA and see "Marchioness (The)," "Guard House (The)," "Hullichan Jig (The)," "Chelmsford Races." Scottish; Jig or Quadrille (6/8 time). USA, southwestern Pa. A Major (Ford): G Major (Bayard). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard dates the tune to the 18th century; it appears in The Scottish Country Dance Book obtained from a Skillern collection of 1776. It was also printed by John Watlen (Edinburgh) and James Aird (Glasgow) in the 1790's.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Hoge MS (a fife MS from southwestern Pa., 1944) [Bayard].

Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 85, p. 35. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 587, p. 517. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 90. The Scottish Country Dance Book, 1930 1957, Pt. 16, No. 3 (tune 2). John Watlen (The Celebrated Circus Tunes), Edinburgh, 1791; p. 5. Winner (New American School for the Banjo), 1883; p. 40.

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