X:1
T:Vulcan's Forge
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:"to be Playd Immediately after the March" (i.e. "Vulcan's March")
R:Jig or Quickstep
B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
{G}c2G EDC|{D}F2 D B,A,G,|C>FE D>GF|E>DC B,>A,G,|
{G}c2G EDC|{D}F2D B,>A,G,|A,>B,C G,>A,B,|C3 z2z:|
|:{G} C2G, {G,} D2G, |{G}E2C B,A,G,|G>AB c>BA|G<EC D<B,G,|
C<EC D<FD|E<GE F<AF|E>DC G,>A,B,|C3 z2z:||
VULCAN'S FORGE. Scottish, March (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A note with the tune in both Watlen (Circus Tunes, Edinburgh, 1791) and Aird's Selections, vol. 4 (Glasgow, 1796) directs the tune be played directly after "Vulcan's March," by Lady Balcarris. The march also appears in J. Watlen's Collection of Celebrated Marches & Quick Steps (London, 1798, p. 3). See note for "Vulcan's March" for more.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 120, p. 47. Watlen (The Celebrated Circus Tunes), 1791; p. 21.
