Annotation:Columbus Cotillion
X:1 T:Columbus Cotillion Z:V.T. Williams M:C| K:G "G"G2GGG2AG|B2d2B2G2|"D"A3BA2FG|ABAG FDEF| "G"G2GGG2AG|B2d2B2G2|"C"e2g2"D"fgaf|"G"g8:| |:"G"g3ab2ag|"D"f2a2f2d2|"C"e3fg2fe|"G"d2g2d2B2| "C"c3de2dc|"G"B2d2g3f|"C"e2g2"D"fgaf|"G"g8:|
COLUMBUS COTILLION. AKA and see "Drunken Sailor (1)." American, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Printed c. 1792. A precursor to the play-party song "Going to Boston," and the old-time tune "Goodbye Girls I'm Going to Boston." As a children's rhyme/song the melody was at one time heard as "One little, two little, three little Indians" or "Here we sit like birds in the wilderness."