Dog and Gun
X:1 T:My Dog and My Gun, or, General Sullivan's Troop M:C| L:1/8 R:March S:Thomas Nixon Jr. music copybook (c. 1776-1778, p. 18) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D2|G2 GG GD DD|G2G2G2G2|B2 BB dBAG|A2 AA A2:| |:Ac|BGGB cAAc|dBBG D2 FG|AFDF Gddc| B2 GG G2G2|AFDF Addc|B2 GG G2:|
X:1 T:Dog and Gun S:Micah Hawkins music manuscript collection (p. 3) N:Hawkins (1777-1825) was a NYC tavern owner and musician who wrote the N:first American two-act opera. He was the uncle of painter and N:fiddler William Sidney Mount. M:2/4 L:1/8 R:March Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G (3A/B/c/|d2dd|dA FA|d2 dd|d2 ef|f2 fg|a(fed)|^c2 ee |e3z:| |:gddd|{f}geee|{g}a(fec)|A2 AA|(A/B/c/d/e/) e2|d2 cd|ea ag|f2 dd|d4:|
X:1 T:The Dog and Gun Troop S:Ashworth's Instructor, p. 35 N:Ashworth was Drum Major of the U.S. Marine Corps from 1804-16 M:C| L:1/8 K:D |:A2|d2 d>d d>AF>A|d2 d>d d3e|fefg afed|c>de>e e2:| |:e2|fddf geeg|afec A2c>d|e>cA>c e>aa>g|f2 d>d d2:|]
X:1 T:Dog and Gun M:C L:1/8 R:March N:The front page of the publication indicates the volume was compiled by Elias Howe N:and arrenged by "Messers. A.P. Knight and H. Seipp, of the Boston Brigade Band". B:Elias Howe - "First Part of the Musician's Companion" (Boston, 1842, p. 19). Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|d2 ef dAFA|d2 d>d d3e|fefg afed|e2 e>e e2:| |:g|fdde/f/ geef/g/|afed A3 c/d/|ecAc eaag|fedc d3:|]
X:2 T:Dog and Gun M:4/4 L:1/8 R:March S:Howe - Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon (1843) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C G | c2 cd cGEG | c2 c>c c2d2 | edef gedc | d2 d>d d2 :| |: f | eccd/e/ fdde/f/ | gedc G3B/c/ | dBGB dggf | edcB c3 :|