Annotation:Old Virginia March
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OLD VIRGINIA MARCH. Old-Time, March. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The march comes from Civil War fifer Isom (or Isham) Cockram (1831-1929, Patrick County, Va.) who began a family fife-and-drum band with his sons in the latter 18th century. His tunes have been in martial tradition in that county since that time.
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Recorded sources: Rounder 0057, The New Ballard Fife and Drum Band - "Old Originals, Vol. 1" (1978).