Charlie Foster's Lancer's Set Tune
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Jump to navigationJump to searchX:2 T:Charlie Foster's Lancer's Set Tune % NFF Book 2009 S:collected from Charlie Foster, (1908-?), Tumbarumba, NSW S:John Meredith Collection, NLA, Bib ID: 3408460 B:J Meredith, R Covell, & P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p260, ISBN 0 86840 018 Z:Arr. David Johnson N:The original is in F. N:Older related tunes: N: - Niel Gow, First Collection Strathspey Reels (1784), as "Farewell to Whisky" N:Related tunes collected in Australia: N: - by Alan Musgrove, from Bill case, Mt Gambier, SA as "Bill Case's Heel and Toe Polka" N: - by Chris Sullivan, from Dooley Chapman, Dunedoo, NSW, as "Dooley's Polka" H:Charlie learned this tune from his father, who was born in Mansfield, Vic. F:https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2658606 F:https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215892304/listen O:Australia, NSW, Tumbarumba R:Set Tune M:2/4 L:1/8 K:G F/E/|"G"DG BG|"Am"AE EF/E/|"G"DG BG/B/|"Bm"dB Gd|"Em"ef dB|"D7"c/B/A/G/ AB|"G"DG "D7"AG/A/|"G"BG G2|! "Em"egd2|"Bm"B/d/B/c/ d2|"Em"eg d2|"C"eg gd|"Em"eg/e/ dB|"D7"c/B/A/G/ AB|"G"DG "D7"AG/A/|"G"BG G2||
Charlie Foster's Lancer's Set Tune - played by Greg O'Leary
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