How Happy the Soldier
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X:1
T:How Happy the Solider
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Henry Livingston's manuscript copybook, late 18th century
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
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dcB dcB|dcB d2e/e/|dcB gfg|ABA G2:||
X:1
T:How Happy the Soldier that Lives on His Pay
N:From the opera “Poor Soldier”
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 1” (New York, 1814, No. 239, p. 64)
B: https://archive.org/details/flutemelodies0000rile/page/n79/mode/2up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B|AFA DFRA|AFA A2B|AFA DFA|GEF G2:|
B|AGF AGF|AGF A2B|AGF !fermata!dcd|EFE G2B|
AGF AGF|AGF A2 B/B/|AGF dcd|EFE G2||
X:2
T:Happy Soldier, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
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e | dcB dcB | dcB d2e | dBd gGB | cAB c2e |
dcB dcB | dcB d2e | dBd gGB | def g2 ||
X:1
T:Soldier Laddie [2]
T:How Happy the Soldier
T:Little House Under the Hill (1)
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air/Jig
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 152)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
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dcB dcB|dcB def|gfg dcB|cAB c2e:|
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X:95
T:Happy Soldier. Roose.0095, The
B:J.Roose, Manchester 1850
Z:Village Music Project 2019 Taz Tarry
Q:3/8=110
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C
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|:e|dcB dcB|dcB d2 e|dcB gfg|ABA c2:|
X:1
T:Happy Soldier
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B: Robbins Music Corp. – “The Robbins collection of 200 jigs, reels and country
B:dances” (New York, 1933; p. 1)
B: https://digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/the-robbins-collection-of-200-jigs-reels-and-country-dances-for-piano-violin-flute-or-mandolin/1128796?item=1155130
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
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