To Rodney We will go

X:1 T:To Rodney we will go M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, B:vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 415, p. 160) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of N:Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|(GB).B.B|(cB)(AG)|(Bd).d.d|d2 zB|cecA|BdBG|cAGF|G2-G:| (GB).B.B|(cB)(AG)|(GB) .d.d|Td2 zB|cecA|BdBG|cAGF|G3:|]  X:1 T:To Rodney We will go M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Quickstep B:John Buttery music manuscript collection (early 19th century, No. 689) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm N:The tune is evidently copied from Aird’s 6th collection (1803) K:G D|GBBB|cBAG|Bddd|d3B|cecA|BdBG|cAGF|G3:| c|Bdge |fddc|Bdge|f2 de/f/|gfed|edcB|cd ef/g/|d3 B| Bddd|cBAG|GBdd|d3B|cecA|BdBG|cAGF|G2:|] 
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