Saratoga Lancers

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This tune probably originates from 19th century quadrille music. Québécois fiddler Lucien Roussin recorded a fancy version of it as the 4th part of his Saratoga Lancers for Starr in 1929. Here's the abc:

X:4 T: 4. Saratoga - Lanciers (Fig. 4) M: 6/8 L: 1/8 C: Lucien Roussin / Starr 15551-B / january 1929 K: D "A"A2B/B/ A^GA | BAF DFA | d2A/A/ e2A/A/ | (f3 f)((3d/e/f/) |g2f g2b | ! afd Adf | e2^d/d/ e2B | c3 B3 | A(3a/a/a/ a2a |! A2B A^GA | BAF DFA | d2A/A/ e2A/A/ | (f3 f)((3d/e/f/) |g2f g2b | ! afd A2B | c2c/c/ cfe | "fine"{c}d3 d>cd ||! "B"e2c/c/ e2g | f>de f2a | ^g>fe dcB | A>ce a>cd | ! e2c/c/ e2g | f>de f2a | ^g>fe ^g>fe | {A}a(3a/a/a/ a3||