Annotation:Drunken Drummer (The)
X:1 T:Drunken Drummer, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs vol. II (1785) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d | BAG G2D | GAG B2d | BAG G2D | EFE E2d | BAG G2D | GAG Bcd | efg dBG | !trill!A3 G2 :| |: A | Bcd ded | ded dec | Bcd def | gdB A2G | Bcd ded | ded def | gdB dBG | A3 G2 :||
DRUNKEN DRUMMER, THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in the c. 1780-1804 music manuscript collection of British army fifer biography:John Buttery (as "The Drunken Drummer, a Quickstep"), originally from Lincolnshire, who served twenty years or more at the beginning of the 19th century. In later years Buttery emigrated to Ontario, Canada, bringing his music manuscript with him.
