The Fiddle Book by Marion Thede page 62
Marion Thede's Fiddle Book page 128 by J.S. Price
Marion Thede's Fiddle Book page 36 by J.S. Price
To learn more about J.S. Price and this version of Bonaparte's Retreat please see Paul Kirk's TOTW #103
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
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.
Unitarian Fellowship Hall, March 15
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