Bonnell's Quickstep

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Theme code Index	13 13 52 52
Also known as	Bonnell's March, Virginia Quickstep, Dancing Mustang (The), Major Crichton's Delight, Davy Davy Knick Knack, Hoe Cake
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Military, Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
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History	USA(Mid Atlantic)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Samuel Bayard
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife
Tune and/or Page number	No. 210, pp. 165-167
Year of publication/Date of MS	1981
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BONNELL'S QUICKSTEP. AKA - "Bonnell's March," "Virginia Quickstep," "Dancing Mustang (The)," "Major Crichton's Delight" (Eng.), "Davy Davy Knick Knack" (Eng.), "Hoe Cake." American, Quickstep or March. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is international in origin, according to Bayard (1981), having antecedents in Britain and Europe. In Pennsylvania, however, in the early-mid 20th century it was well-known as a tune for fife and drum bands, although one informant also knew it as a play-party and dance tune. The Pennsylvania versions are named for a renowned fifer from Geene County named "Doc" Bonnell.

Earlier antecedents are "Major Critchton's Delight" printed by Glasgow publisher James Aird in his Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (1787). Frank Roche's "Killarney's Lakes" is a cognate tune, finds Bayard, who also found two Flemish versions, and says Dutch authority Florimond van Duyse considered it a fife or flagolet tune dating to the latter 18th or beginning 19th century.

Sources for notated versions: Bayard's 'A' version is from the Hoge MS; various other versions ('B'-'H') were collected from southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers.

Printed source: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 210, pp. 164-167.

X:1
T:Bonnell's Quickstep
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
D2|G2 G>G B2d2|G2 G>G B2d2|(3efe d>B (3ABA F2|(3efe d>B G2D2|
G2 G>G B2d2|G2 G>G B2d2|e>d d/e/d/B/ A2 F>A|G6:|
|:(3ABc|d4 B2d2|g2f2 e4|(3efe d>B (3ABA F2|(3efe d>B G2 D (3A/B/c/|
d4 B2d2|g2f2e4|(3efe d>B A2 F>A|G6:||