(MUSIC) A book of manuscript melodies for the fife including

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(MUSIC.) A book of manuscript melodies for the fife, including "Washington's March" and "Yankee Doodle." [31] pages of manuscript music. Oblong 12mo, 3 x 7 1/2 inches, moderate wear; a few leaves cropped on top edges, a few tears, pastedowns worn with some loss of music on front pastedown. Westminster, MA, circa late 18th century

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Contains dozens of melodies, most of them named, such as "The Wood Cutter," "Washington's March 1793," "Hell Gate," "Bonna Lass," "The Flowers of Edingbourough," "St. Pattrick's Day," "The Rolling Horn Pipe," "Grenadier's March," "The Double Dutch," "Yanky Doodle," and more. A 19th-century note on a later page reads "Belonged to David Sawin, born in 1745, played fife"; two other pages are noted "Westminster." David Sawin (1745-1844) of Westminster, MA served in the Revolution.