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Thread #8359   Message #51575
Posted By: Jon W.
31-Dec-98 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: Mick McGuire/Napoleon Crossing the Rhine
Subject: Tune Add: SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA / BONAPARTE..
This is a spin-off from the Mick McGuire tune request thread. In that thread we found out that an alternate name for the tune of Mick McGuire/Hot Asphalt/The Regular Army O! might be Napoleon Crossing the Rhine. I have a banjo book which has a completely different tune by the name of Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine AKA Sherman's March to the Sea. Here is that tune:

X: 1
T:SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA
T:BONAPARTE CROSSING THE RHINE
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:160
S:Ken Perlman's "Basic Clawhammer Banjo"
R:Set Dance
K:C
E F |G G/2A/2 G E/2g/2|G2 c d|e e/2d/2 e g/2g/2|c2
c B|A A/2B/2 c A|G E D~ C|D2 D3/2E/2|D2
EF|G G/2A/2 G/2E/2 C/2E/2|G2 c d|e e/2d/2 e/2d/2 e/2g/2|c2
c B|A A/2B/2 c A|G E D D/2E/2|C2 C3/2D/2|C2 :|
|:c d|e e/2d/2 e f|g2 c B|A A/2G/2 A/2G/2 A/2B/2|c2
c B|A A/2B/2 c A|G E D~ C|D2 D3/2E/2|D2
EF|G G/2A/2 G/2E/2 C/2E/2|G2 c d|e e/2d/2 e/2d/2 e/2g/2|c2
c B|A A/2B/2 c A|G E D D/2E/2|C2 C3/2D/2|C2:|

To make matters worse, I discovered on Henrik Norbeck's website of ABC tunes a hornpipe which has four names: Bonaparte's March, Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine, Napoleon Crossing the Rhine, and Listowel. This tune seems to be much closer to Mick McGuire than the one above. It may be the same tune as MMcG/Hot Asphalt/etc. if the differences in rhythm are ignored.

X: 2
T:Bonaparte's March
T:Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
T:Napoleon Crossing the Rhine
T:Listowel
R:hornpipe
H:See also #95
Z:id:hn-hornpipe-25
M:C|
K:Ador
EG|A2AB AGEG|cdec d2eg|aged cAGE|G2GA G2EG|
A2AB AGEG|cdec d2eg|aged cABG|A2AG A2:|
|:eg|abag e2ed|cdef g2eg|abag edcA|G2GA G2EG|
A2AB AGEG|cdec d2eg|aged cABG|A2AG A2:|

Does anyone else care to add to the confusion?