Bonnell's Quickstep

 BONNELL'S QUICKSTEP. AKA - "Bonnell's March," "Virginia Quickstep," "The Dancing Mustang," "Major Crichton's Delight" (Eng.), "Davy Knicknack" (Eng.), "Hoe Cake." American, Quickstep or March. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is international in origin, according to Bayard (1981), having antecedents in Britain and Europe. In Pennsylvania, however, it is known as a tune for fife and drum bands. The Pennsylvania versions are named for a renowned fifer from Geene County named "Doc" Bonnell. Bayard found two Flemish versions, and says Dutch authority Florimond van Duyse considered it a fife or flagolet tune dating to the latter 18th or beginning 19th century. Sources for notated versions: Bayard's 'A' version is from the Hoge MS; various other versions ('B'-'H') were collected from southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers. Printed source: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 210, pp. 164-167.

X:1 T:Bonnell's Quickstep M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G D2|G2 G>G B2d2|G2 G>G B2d2|(3efe d>B (3ABA F2|(3efe d>B G2D2| G2 G>G B2d2|G2 G>G B2d2|e>d d/e/d/B/ A2 F>A|G6:| d4 B2d2|g2f2e4|(3efe d>B A2 F>A|G6:||
 * (3ABc|d4 B2d2|g2f2 e4|(3efe d>B (3ABA F2|(3efe d>B G2 D (3A/B/c/|

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