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Bonaparte's Retreat

Tune Title
Key
Tuning
Year
1976
Notes

Played with the fiddle tuned in open (D) D-D-A-D, this comes from Benny Thomasson and is played as Benny's father played it

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Miller Boy

Tune Title
Key
Tuning
Year
1974
Notes

From the Traditional Tune Archive: It is played at a walking or march tempo, and is similar to Bonaparte's Retreat.

Happy is the miller boy that lives by the mill,

The wheel goes around of with a free goodwill.

One hand in the hopper and the other in the sack,

The ladies step forward and the gents step back.

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