Annotation:General Scott's March
X:1 T:General Scott’s March M:C L:1/8 R:March B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 3” (1820, No. 275, p. 89) F: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab7b93e0-f959-0139-46b9-0242ac110002#/?uuid=277ff190-2ae4-013a-5cb8-0242ac110003 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A2|d2 d>d d>AF>A|B2 A>A A2 df|e2 e>e e>ce>g|f2 d>d d2 a>f| e2d2c2 a>f|e2d2c2a>f|f>ef>d c2 B>A/B/4|A2 A>A A2:| |:A/B/c/d/|e2 e>e e>ce>g|f2 f>f f>df>a|g>ga>g f>fg>f|e2e>ee2c2| d2 d>d d>A F>A|G>A/B/4 A>AA>e f>g|f>fg>e d2Tc>B/c/4|d2 d>d d2:|
GENERAL SCOTT'S MARCH. English, American; March (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody dates to the year 1771, although the re-titling of the tune apparently refers to American General Winfield Scott (1786-1866), who served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War. It appears under this title in J.L. Rumrille and H. Holton's The Drummer's Instructor (Albany, 1817). It is a much older tune than 1817, however, having appeared in the Charles and Samuel Thompson's A Second Collection of XXIV Favourite Marches in 7 parts as they are performed by His Majesty's Foot and Horse Guards (London, 1771).
