Annotation:Galley Slave (The)
X:1 T:Galley Slave (The) M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:William Litten's music manuscript collection (1800-1802) K:C G|c2 c>d e2 ce|fd cB c2 cd|e2 eg ge dc|e2 dA d4| e2 c/d/e/c/ d2 B/c/d/e/|c2 A/B/c/d/ B2g2|g2 ^f/e/d/c/ B>c d/c/B/A/|G6 GB| d2 c/B/A/G/ e2 g^g|a2 e/d/c/B/ A3B|c>e d>f eg fd|c B2 A G4| c2 d>d e2 ce/g/|fd cB g3g|a2 fa g2 f/e/d/c/|d>c de c3||
GALLEY SLAVE, THE. English, Air (4/4 time). C Major (Litten/Huntington): D Major (Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Galley Slave" appears frequently in American musicians' manuscript collections and copybooks of the late 18th and early nineteenth century (for a list see EASMES [1]). It appears to be the name of an air (also called, in at least one American musician's manuscript, "American Captive In Algiers, or The Galley Slave") from a theater production.
