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Whitehaven Volunteer, The
Found in Whitehaven_Volunteer_The_1.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection

X:1 T:Whitehaven Volunteer, The O:Cumbria M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=180 S:ChristopherGeorge Partington <ChrisTheFiddlerPartington:Hotmail.com> tradtunes 2006-9-11 N:from Fiddler's Companion N:WHITEHAVEN VOLUNTEERS. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. N:Standard. AABB. The melody is in a similar vein as "Petronella." The N:Whitehaven Volunteers were probably a local militia unit raised during the N:Napoleonic Wars, from Whitehaven, Cumbria, England. Knowles (A Northern N:Lass), 1995; pg. 15. K:G %P:A d2>c2|\ B2B2 BcAB|G2G2 G2D2|G2B2 d2B2|edcB A2dc|\ B2B2 BcAB|G2G2 G2D2|E2c2 BAGF|G4 ::\ %P:B d2>c2| B2d2 d2ef|g2d2 dedc|B2de d2B2|AGAB A2dc|\ B2d2 d2ef|gfga g2dc|B2G2 BAGF|G4 :|
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