The Irish Volunteer
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Irish Volunteer", also known as "The Baltimore March" or "Greene County"<br> is an American march in 2/4 time and G Major. The parts are played AABB.<br> This is one of the standard tunes in the fifer's repertoire in southwestern<br> Pennsylvania.<br> This version was collected from the manuscript Real Fife Tunes compiled by<br> Thomas J. Hoge from the playing of western Pennsylvania fifers.<br> Bayard collected another version from The Mount Pleasant Tablatures,<br> handwritten notations used the Mount Pleasant fife band members,<br> written by band leader James S. Braddock. He collected three other versions<br> from players in the area.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981).<br>
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