Abe's Retreat
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Abe's Retreat", also known as "The Battle of Bull Run" or "Manassas Junction" is an old‑time breakdown<br> in A Mixolydian. It is played in standard, AEae or GDgd fiddle tunings. The parts are played AABB.<br> The title clearly refers to Abraham Lincoln, who, as President, was Commander in Chief of the brand-new<br> Union army that met a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Bull Run (or, in the South, the 1st Battle of<br> Manassas), Virginia, July 21st, 1861.<br> It was printed in Songer's Portland Collection (1997),<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old Time Fiddle Tunes (2021) and<br> Spadaro's 10 Cents a Dance (1980).<br> It was recorded by Cordelia's Dad on Spine (1998),<br> Harvey Sampson and the Big Possum String Band on Flat Foot in the Ashes (1986/1994),<br> Wilson Douglas on Back Porch Symphony and Fiddle Tunes from Central West Virginia,<br> Red Clay Ramblers on Stolen Love (1975),<br> New Lost City Ramblers on There Ain't No Way Out,<br> Rafe Stefani on Hell and Scissors and<br> Jim Taylor on The Civil War Collection (1996).<br>
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