Bonaparte's Retreat [1]

X:2
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
N:Transcribed by David P. Bennett from the playing of western
N:N.C. fiddler Bill Hensley, 1939.
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:BEbe tuning (fiddle), according to Bennett, who said Hensley also played
N:"My Last Gold Dollar" in this tuning.
B:David Parker Bennett, "A Study in Fiddle Tunes
B:from Western North Carolina".  Dissertation, UNC,
B:Chapel Hill; 1940, p. 61.
B: https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1789&context=msu_theses_dissertations
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:E
V:1 clef=treble name="2."
[V:1] GG/G/ GG/G/|B G2 G/G/|FF/F/ FE/F/|AGFE|GG/G/ GG/G/|
BG2G|FEFG|E3E|GG/G/ GG/G/|BG2G/G/|FF/F/ FE/F/|
AGFE|GG/G/ GG/G/|BG2 G/G/|FEFG|E2 (Bc/d/)|Se2 (eg)|
e2 (Bc/d/)|ee/c/ BG|[M:3/4](FG) E2 (Bc/d/)|[M:2/4]e2 (eg)|e2 (Bc/d/)|
ee/c/ BG|(FG) E2|[Bg][B/g/][B/g/] [Bg]g/g/| [Bb][B2g2] [B/g/][B/g/]|[Bf]f/f/ [Bf]e/f/|[Ba][Bg][Bf][Be]|
[Bg][B/g/][B/g/] [Bg][B/g/][B/g/]|[Bb][Bg][Bf][Be]|fef[Bg]|[B3e3]e|[Bg]g/g/ gg/g/|[Bb][B2g2]g|
ff/f/ fe/f/|agfe|gg/g/ gg/g/|b g2g/g/|fefg|e2 (Bc/d/)|
e2 (eg)|e2 (Bc/d/)|ee/c/ BG|[M:3/4](FG) E2 (Bc/d/)|[M:2/4]e2 (eg)|
e2 (Bc/d/)|ee/c/ BG|[M:3/4]FG E2- EE/F/|[M:2/4][GB]G/G/ G[G/B/]G/|B [G2B2]G|
F[F/B/]F/ F[E/B/]F/|A[GB]F[EB]|G[G/B/]G/ G[G/B/]G/|B[GB] BG/G/|F[EB]F[GB]|
E3E|G[G/B/][G/ G[G/B/]G/|B [G2B2][GB]|F[F/B/]F/ F[F/B/]F/|A[GB]F[EB]|
G[G/B/]G/ G[G/B/]G/|B[GB]F[EB]|(FE)(F[GB])|E2 (Bc/d/)!D.S.!||

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