Annotation:Queen's or 2nd Regt. Quick Step (The)
X:1 T:Queen’s or 2nd Regt. Quick Step, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:March B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 460, p. 178) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (a>f)(a>f)|.d.d(df)|efge|fd d2|(a>f)(a>f)|.d.d(df)|e>gec|d2d2:| |:c>def|g2e2|d>efg|a2f2|e>fga|bgfe|fdec|d2d2:| |:(a>b).a.a|(ba)(gf)|edef|dAF[DA]|(ab).a.a|bagf|edce|d2d2:|]
QUEEN'S OR 2nd REGT. QUICK STEP, THE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody appears unique to Glasgow musician and music publisher James Aird's Selection of Scotch , English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (1788). The Queen's Regiment of Foot was the oldest English line regiment in the British Army. It was raised by the Earl of Peterborough at Putney to garrison Tangier, which had come into possession of the newly restored King Charles II when he married the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza. Through this alliance, he gained Portuguese possessions in Bombay (now Mumbai) and Tangier (now in Morocco). The Regiment existed until 1959, when it was merged into The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
