X:1
T:Battle of the Nile March, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:March
S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 727)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln,
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs.
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
{D}G8|{D}A8|{D}BABc d2 GB|c>dB>c A>BG>B|AGFE D>EF>E|
{D}G8|{D}A8|B>AB>c d>ef>g|c>BA>G B>AG>F|G2B2G2:|
|:Bc|d2 Bc d2 B>d|e>dc>B c2 A>B|c2 A>B c2 B>c|dcBA B2z2|
{D}G8|{D}A8|B>AB>c d>ef>g|c>BA>G B>AG>F|G2B2G2:|]
X:1
T:Battle of the Nile
M:C|
L:1/8
R:March
B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817)
N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in
N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a
N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little
N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands.
B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 444)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A2|d3A e3A |fefg a2d2|g2f2 e2d2|edcB ABcA|
d3A e3A|fefg a2 ba|gfed fedc|d2 d>d d2:|
|:fg|a2 f>g a2a2|bagf g2 e>f|g2 e>f g2g2|agfe f2A2|
ddcd e2 de|fefg a2A2|ddcd e2 de|fefg a2 fa|bagf gfed|
edcB ABcA|d3Ae3A|fefg a2 ba|gfed fedc|d2 d>d d2:|
X:1
T:Battle of the Nile, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 3, No. 258)
N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally
N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark,
N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim.
K:G
G2 GB A2 dc|BABc d2G2|c2 Bc A2 GB|AGFE DEFD|
G2 GB A2 Ac|BABc d2 ed|cBAG cAGF|G2 GF GABc||
d2 cB d2 gf|edcB BAAB|c2 AB c2 ce|dcBA GABc|
d2 cB d2 gf|edcB BAAB|c2 AB c2 ce|dcBA GFED||
G2 GB A3c|BABc d2D2|G2 gB A3c|BABc d2 gf|
edcB cBAG|A/B/A/G/ F/G/F/E/ DEFD !D.C.!||
