Annotation:For freedom and his native land
X:567 T:For Freedom and his Native Land. Roose.0567 B:Roose MS, poss. Manchester, mid-late 19th century. Z:Village Music Project 2019 Roger Hare M:C L:1/8 Q:1/4=120 K:C N:NB1: Four vertical dots down stave at bar 10 interpreted (probably incorrectly!) as 'end repeat'. "_Andantino."G>F | E2 G2 c2 c3/d//e// | A2 fd cBAG | c2 (c3/d//e//) d2 (d3/e//f//) | egAd cBAG | e3 d ccde | f3 e ddef | g3 f eefg | a/c'/b/d'/ c'f e/g/f/a/ g_B | A/c/B/d/ c/a/g/f/ e>f !trill!d2 | c2 G>E C2 "^NB1":| "_So"G>F | E2 G2 c2 (c3/d//e//) | A2 fd cB AG | c2 (c3/d//e//) d2 c/B/A/G/ | B>c !trill!A2 G3 G | c2 c_B A2 A2 | d2 dc cB AG | c3 d ec Bc | A2 f>e ed z G | A>Bc c c>d (e3/f//g//) | g2 c>B c2 || [M:C|] G2 |c2 G2 G2 ed | c2 G2 G2 cB | AG FE D2 G2 | E3 D C2 GA | _B2 B2 cB AG | A_B cA F2 AB | c2 c2 dc BA | Bc dB G2 G2 | x4 [ce]3/[df]/[eg]3/[df]/ & c2 G2 z4| x4 [ce]3/[df]/[eg]3/[df]/ & c2 G2 z2 G2 |\ cB AG AG FE | FE DC G4- | "^NB3 start---" [eg]2 [eg]3/[fa]/ [df]2 [df]3/[eg]/ & G8- |\ [ce]3/[Bd]/[ce]3/[df]/ [Bd]2 [ce]3/[df]/ & G8- | [eg]2 [eg]3/a/ [df]2 [df]3/[eg]/ & G8- |\ [ce]3/[eg]/[df]3/[ce]/ [Bd]2 g2 & G6 G2 | efef g2 g2 & cdcd BABA | cdcd e2 e2 & ABAB GAGA | dede cdcd & FGFG EFED | efef gaga & CDCD EFEF | g2 g2 e2 f2 & G2 AB c2 d2 | e4 "^---end NB3"d4 & G4 B4 | c6 C2 & c6 x2 | E2 C2 G2 E2 |\ c>d e>f g2 f2 | e4 !trill! d4 | c6 x2 & c2 c>c c2 [fa]2 | [eg]2 c>c c2 [fa]2 | \ [ceg]2c>cc2[cfa]2|[ceg]2 f/e/d/c/ G2 d2 | c2 c>c c2 & E2 E>E E2 :|
FOR FREEDOM AND HIS NATIVE LAND. English, Air (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). A patriotic song honoring English soldiers and sailors. It was printed on broadsides and in song anthologies such as The Festival of Momus: Or, Polite Musical Companion (1787) and The Roundelay; Or, The New Syren (1780).
