General Lafayette's March
X:1 T:General Lafayette’s March M:C L:1/8 R:March B:”Melodist: A Collection of music in two volumes" (1826-1859, No. 1, p. 4) N:”Feb. 27, 1826.” N:The melodist is a musician's ms., probably by a fiddler, that contains both N:tunes and songs from a variety of sources, American and European. The N:inscription on the inside cover reads, "This is from the Bridge family of N:Augusta, Maine (Horatio Bridge, friend of Hawthorne's)". However, entries in N:the ms. were in different hands indicating several contributors. N:The ms. is neat and the notation studied and precise. F: https://archive.org/details/Melodist/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D2|G2 G>G GABc|d>B G>G G2 cd|e>c g2 d>B g2|gfag fedc| B>dB>G A>cA>F|GBcd efga|bgfg fed^c|d2 d>d d2:| |:z|a2 a>a ac'ba|g2 g>g gbag|f>edg fedc|B2 A>A A/B/c/B/ d/c/B/A/| G2 G>G GBcd|e>c g2 d>B g2|B<d c<e A<c F<A|G2 G>G G2 !fermata!:| |:"Bugle Solo"d>c|B2 B>B A/c/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|G3 A/G/ FGAB|(dccc) (cBBB)| BAG>G ABc^c|d4 c2 c>c|B4 ABcd|e>c c<A B<G G<F|A4 G2:| |:d>e|f2 a>a fdef|g2 b>b g2 dB|GBcd efga|g3 a/g/ fedc| B2 B>B A2 A>A|d2 d>d c2 c>c|BG d/c/B/A/ G2F2|A4 G2!D.C.!:|]