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DRUMS AND GUNS. American, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by fifer Roy Watrous in 1947, the title suggested by the recurring burden in the song "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier."

Source for notated version: Roy Watrous (Guilford, Conn.) [Sweet].

Printed sources: Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 42.

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