2/4 IN D MAJOR1. Bonaparte's March. This tune traditionally has carried a number of titles. In Pennsylvania, Bayard found it as Star of Bethlehem, Bruce's March, Caledonian March, and Bonaparte's Retreat. Viola (Toms) Cox called it Bonaparte's Retreat. In Illinois, Harrison gives a title of one example as Brake and Shoot the Buffalo. a. played by Bill Bigford, accompanied by Paul Gifford, dulcimer, Marion, Michigan, winter 1977. b. Napoleon Bonaparte played by Orin Miller, accompanied by Paul Gifford, dulcimer, Scottville, Michigan, September 8, 1977. 2. [Scotch Hornpipe] played by Bill Cameron, accompanied by Paul Gifford, piano, Brimley, Michigan, July 8, 1976. This tune appears in 1000 Fiddle Tunes. It was included on a record by the comedian Charles Ross Taggart, of Vermont. Frank Moon, of Rhode Island, and A. J. Hogg, a Pennsylvania fiddler taped by Samuel Bayard, played it under the name Scotch Hornpipe. 3. Nameless tune played by Bud Cease, accompanied by Daniel Johnston, tenor banjo, and Paul Gifford, guitar, Harbor Springs, Michigan, September 7, 1977. 4. Nameless tune played by Bud Cease, accompanied by Daniel Johnston, tenor banjo, and Paul Gifford, guitar, Harbor Springs, Michigan, September 7, 1977. 5. Nameless tune, of which appear two versions appear here. a. Nameless tune played by Varsal Fales, accompanied by William White, piano, and Bud Pierce, dulcimer, Hastings, Michigan, June 14, 1981. b. Bob Blanchard's tune played by Wallace Tuttle, accompanied by Paul Gifford, dulcimer, and William White, guitar, Lansing, Michigan, February 1, 1977. 6. Two-Step played by Varsal Fales, accompanied by Bud Pierce, guitar, Paul Gifford, piano, William White, tuba, Hastings, Michigan, June 14, 1981. Viola Cox played a version of this; the second part was different. 7. Nameless tune played by Elmer House, accompanied by Paul Gifford, guitar, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August 2, 1976. He called this a "rocking" tune. 8. Nameless tune played by Pete Keller, accompanied by Paul Gifford, piano, Cross Village, Michigan, September 7, 1976. 9. Nameless tune played by Pete Keller, accompanied by Paul Gifford, tenor banjo, Mrs. Keller, guitar, Cross Village, Michigan, January 30, 1977.
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