Engagement Begins, The

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T:Engagement Begins, The
T:John Patterson’s Mare Goes Foremost
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Spirited"
N:”A Highland Battle Piece, or Seige of Kildrummie;
N:Partly composed, the whole arranged, and inscribed
N:to the memory of Sir William Wallace, the Scottish
N:Champion, by James Davie.”
N:See also “Quick Step towards the Enemy,” “Address to
N:the Army,” “War Song (The),” ”Pibroch of Victory.”
B:Davie’s Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|F>ED D<A,D|F>ED D<AD|F>ED d<AG|TF3 (E2F)|
G>FE E<B,E|G>FE E<B,E|G>FE e<BA|G3 T(F2E)||
FDF d2A|B/c/d/c/B/A/ d2A|B2A B/c/d/B/A/G/|TF3(D2F)|
G<EB e2B|e/f/g/f/e/^d/ e2B|e2B e/f/g/e/B/A/|G3 T(F2E)||
F<DF d2A|d/e/f/e/d/c/ d2A|d2AB/c/d/B/A/G/|TF3 (D2F)|
E<ee g2e|f>ed e<ag|f>ed e<ag|Tf3 {ef}d2||
a/g/|f>ed d2e|f/g/a/g/f/e/ d2A|B2A B/c/d/B/A/G/|TF3 (D2F)|
"faster"G<EE B<EE|d<EE B<E|G<EE B<EE|e<EE B<EE|
F<DD A<DD|d<DD A<DD|A<DD d<AG|TF3 (D2F)|
G<EE B,<EE|G<EE B,EE|G>AB e<BA|G3 TF2A/G/|
F<DD A,<DD|F<DD A,<DD|F<DD d<AG|TF3(D2F)|
G<EE e2B|e/f/g/f/e/^d/ e2B|c/^d/e/d/c/B/ c/d/e/c/B/A/|G3 T(F2E)||
D/D/D/D/d F<Fd|D/D/D/D/d F<Fd|D/D/D/D/d F/F/F/F/d|A/A/A/A/d F/F/F/F/d|
E/E/E/E/e G<Ge|E/E/E/E/e G<Ge|E/E/E/E/e G/G/G/G/e|B/B/B/B/e G/G/G/G/e||
FD/D/D A,D/D/D|FD/D/D A,D/D/D|fD/D/D dA/A/A|F/G/A/G/F/E/ D/E/F/G/A/F/|
GE/E/E B,E/E/E|GE/E/E B,E/E/E|GE/E/E eB/B/B|G3 (F2E)||
Dd/d/d Fd/d/d|Dd/d/d Fd/d/d|Dd/d/d Fd/d/d|F/E/D/E/F/G/ B/A/G/F/E/^D/|
Ee/e/e Ge/e/e|Ee/e/e Ge/e/e|Be/e/e gB/B/B|g3T(f2e)||
d/D/D/D/D/D/ A,/D/D/D/D/D/|F/D/D/D/D/D/ A,/D/D/D/D/D/|F/D/D/D/D/D/ A/D/D/D/D/D/|
d/e/f/e/d/c/ B/c/d/c/B/A/|G/E/E/E/E/E/ B,/E/E/E/E/E/|G/E/E/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/E/E/|
e/E/E/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/E/E/|G/A/B/A/G/F/ E/F/A/G/F/E/||
P:The Enemy Flies and is Pursued
D/d/d/d/d/d/ f/A/a/A/g/A/|f/d/d/d/d/d/ f/A/a/A/g/A/|
f/g/a/g/f/e/ d/e/f/e/d/c/|B/c/d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/A/g/F/|
E/e/e/e/e/e/ g/e/b/e/a/e/|g/e/e/e/e/e/ g/e/b/e/a/e/|
g/a/b/a/g/f/ e/f/g/f/e/d/|c/d/e/d/c/B/ A/B/A/G/F/E/|
D/d/c/B/A/G/ F/B/A/G/F/E/|D/f/e/d/c/B/ A/B/c/d/e/f/|
g/A/g/A/f/A/ e/A/e/A/f/A/|g/A/g/A/f/A/ e/f/a/g/f/e/|
d/e/f/e/d/A/ d/e/f/e/d/A/|a/g/f/e/d/c/ B/A/G/F/E/D/|
e/f/g/f/e/B/ e/f/g/f/e/B/|b/a/g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/F/E/|
P:Pursuit Ended
"Slower"F>ED D<A,D|F>ED D<A,D|F>ED d<AG|F3 T(E2D)|
"Slower to the pause"G>FE E<B,E|G>FE E<B,E|G>FE e<BA|G3 T(F2!fermata!E)||

Alternative sources for this tune:

• tunearch.org/wiki/John_Patterson's_Mare.no-ext/0002