Annotation:General Lake's March
X:1 T:General Lake's March M:C L:1/8 R:March B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 65) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 453). Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d>d a3g f>gf>e|d2 A>A A2 d>A|B2 e>f gfed|c>de>c A2 d>d| a3g f>gf>e|d2 A>A A2 d>A|B2 (3gfe d2Tc2|d2 d>d d2:| |:d>d|a2 a>a .a.g.f.e|dcBA G2 g>a|b2 b>b bagf|edcB A2 (3ABc| d2 d>d .d.A.F.D|dfed ecBA|(af)(fd) (ge)(ec)|d2 d>d d2:|]
GENERAL LAKE'S MARCH. Irish(?), March (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "General Lake's March" is contained in the 1817 music manuscript collection of musician and Irish teacher Patrick McGahon, of Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. The tune may be the same "General Lake's March" published in William Rolfe's The Naval & Military Gentleman's Complete Musical-Compendium (London, 1800). See note for "annotation:General Lake's Waltz" for more information about the person of the title.
