Bonaparte's Retreat to the Island of Elba

X:1 T:Bonaparte's Retreat to the Island of Elba M:C L:1/8 R:March B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 99) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 465) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A>A|d2 A>A e2 A>A|f2 f>g a2 a>g|f2f2e2e2|fgaf d2 A>A| d2 A>A e2A>A| f2 f>g a2ag|f2 f2 edef|d2 d>d d2:| f2 a>a (ba)(gf)|e2 e>e e2 A>A|d2 A>A d2 A>A|f2 f>g a2 a>g|f2f2 e>de>f| d2 dd d3b|a2 d>d d2 zb|a2 d>d d2zb|(3aga (3bag f2e2|d2 dd d2:|]
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