Also known as "Harper's Ferry".
Named after the abolitionist who stormed the United States Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, and who was hanged for treason. There is some thought Brown's 'march' was his march to the scaffold, although this may be apocryphal. It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981) from the playing of James Taylor (fifer from northern West Virginia. and southwestern Pennsylvania. in the 1930's). I play this tune in a medley with: "Greasy String" "Forks of Sandy" both in this section. |