90. RANAHAN'S MARCH

X: 95
T: 90. RANAHAN'S MARCH
T: THE FREE-MASON'S MARCH
T: NAPOLEON CROSSING THE RHINE
B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #90
S: Played by Mrs Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, PA, Nov 18, 1943.
N: Sam adds: Some Fayette County players call it "Bruce's March," while among Green County
N: fiddlers its name generally is "The Star of Bethlehem."  The editor once heard it played
N: by a New Jersey fiddler who gave it the ubiquitous name of "Bonaparte's Retreat."  Of the
N: three titles given here, the first commemorates a local band-master.
Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
R: march
M: C
L: 1/8
K: D
DF |\
A2A>B A2d[eA] | [fA]>e fa [f2A2]ed | BAdB AFD[AF] | "a."E>DE>F [A2E2]DF |
A2A>B A2d[eA] | f>e fa [f2A2]ed | BAdB AF EF/E/ | D2[d2D2] [d2D2] || fg |
afdf a2AB/c/ | d>cde f2AF | G>FGA Bd AF | "a."E>DEF E2DF |
A2A>B A2de | f>e fa f2ed | BAdB AF EF/E/ | D2[d2D2] [d2D2] |]
P: Var:
"a."E2E>F |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/HillCountryTunes/90_RanahansMarch_D/0000

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