Annotation:New York Volunteers' Quick Step
X:1 T:New York Volunteers' Quick Step C:Charles P.F. O'Hara M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Charles P.F. O'Hara - "The Gentleman's Musical Repository" (New York, 1813, p. 3) K:G B|GBdg|b/a/g/f/ ad|B/G/B/d/ g/d/c/B/|cA A/c/B/A/| GBdg|b/a/g/f/ ad|B/c/A/B/ G/e/d/c/|B>A G:| |:c|TB>G TA>F|g/f/g/d/ BG|B/d/e/g/ g/d/c/B/|cA A/c/B/A/| B>c A>B|g/f/g/d/ BG|A/c/B/d/ c/e/d/c/|B>G G:|
NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS' QUICK STEP. American, March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Charles P.F. O'Hara's march for the New York Volunteers was probably for the collection of militia units raised in the state for defense in the War of 1812. The militia saw action on the Niagara frontier. The war was not popular among many, especially Federalists in New England who thought it unnecessary and a threat to the safety of the population. Predominantly Federalist militia units in the upper Hudson Valley and elsewhere refused to heed the callups of the pro-war Republican Governor Daniel Tompkins. During the War of 1812, counties dominated by Federalists tended to defy militia callups. Federalist political leaders and editors repeatedly opposed the invasion of Canada and encouraged the militia to resist calls to cross the border as both unconstitutional and a violation of the rights of New Yorkers.
