Annotation:March 3rd Regt. Dragoon Guards
X:1 T:March 3rd Regt. Dragoon Guards M:C L:1/8 R: March B:James Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 552, p. 210) N:"Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G ((3d>ef)|g2 B>BB2Tc2|d2 G>G G2 A>B|(dc).B.A (cB).A.G.|A2 A>A A2 ((3def)| g2B>B B2c2|d2 G>G G2 b>a|(gf)(ed) (fe).d^.c|d2 dd d2:| |:d2 A2>A A2 B>c|B2 B>B B2 A>B|(dc).B.A (cB).A.G|d2 d>d d2 (3d>ef| g2 B>B B2c2|d2G>G G2 e>d|(cB).A.G (BA).G.F|G2 GG G2:|]
MARCH 3rd REGT. DRAGOON GUARDS. English, Scottish; March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of many martial tunes in Glasgow publisher James Aird's collections. The 3rd Dragoon Guards was a regiment raised in 1685 to curb Monmouth's rebellion, and served on the Continent in the mid-18th century. See 3rd Dragoon Guards for more on the unit.
