Annotation:Fifer's March
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FIFER'S MARCH. AKA and see "Captain Collins" (Pa.), "Bob Ridley (2)" (Pa.), "Bell Cow (The)" (Pa.), "Belling Tune (The)" (Pa.), "Montrose's March," "Rock and a Wee Pickle Tow." American, March (6/8 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981, p. 507) identifies this as one of the older marches in American fifing repertory, having been published by Playford in 1663, 1669, and 1678.
