LAMPLIGHTER [2]. American, Retreat March (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was played as a Retreat in the army during the American Civil War (retreat does not mean a withdraw in face of the enemy, but rather the end of the day's assigned duties with the coming of dusk).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Bruce & Emmett's Drummers' and Fifers' Guide, 1862; p. 40.
