Annotation:Farewell (4) (The)
X:1 T:Farwell, The T:Farewell [4], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R: S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 494) 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 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2A FAF|D2A FAF|d2A (F/G/A)F|BGE E3| d2A FAF|D2A FAF|(B/c/d)B cec|dAF D2:| |:ded faf|ece g2e|dfd faf|ecA A3| dfd faf|ece gfg|agf edc|dAF D3:|]
FAREWELL [4], THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
