Annotation:Third Buffs March (The)
X:1 T:Third Buffs March, The M:C| L:1/8 R:March S:James Goodman music manuscript collection (mid-19th cent., County Cork, p. 89) F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=92&z=301.1304%2C76.7341%2C7645.6612%2C4631.04 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D AG|F2 DF A2 FA|d2 Ad f2 df|a2 ab afed|e2 ee e2 AG| F2 DF A2 FA|Bcde dBAF|ABde f2 (3gfe|d2 dd d2:| |:A|defe BcdB|AFdB AFED|FAdc BAGF|E2 EE E2 AG| F2 DF A2 FA|Bcde dBAF|ABde f2 (3gfe| d2 dd d2:|]
THIRD BUFFS MARCH, THE. AKA and see "Captain Bluett's March," "Captain Reid's Delight," "Dorsetshire March (The)." Irish, March (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Originally an English march, published by Charles and Samuel Thompson in London in 1765 in their Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 as "Captain Reed's Delight." The Buffs, or the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army and one of the oldest, dating to 1572. They were originally raised in the English county of Kent.
