British Field March
from Banjo Hangout Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs Hosted by JanetB
It's said in the Library of Congress that Henry Reed learned this from Quince Dillon, the fifer, and that it was a tune used by the British to retreat from their defeat in the Battle of New Orleans. Alan Jabbour recorded Henry Reed.
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