Brother Debtors. A Retreat

X:1
T:Brother Debtors. A Retreat
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 23, p. 5)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined  the 34th Regiment in Lincoln,
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs.
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N:  https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
Bd|c2 BA GF|G2A2 Bd|c2 BA GF|G2 Bd c2|
BA dF GA|ge d2 Bd|cA G2:|
Bd|e2 ed cB|A2B c2|Bd G2 FE|FA D2 AB|
c2 BA dF|GA ge|d2 BdcA|G2:|

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