Bonaparte's Retreat

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on October 22nd 2003 by KeepFiddlin'.

This tune has been added to 144 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Aly Bain And Young Champions by Aly Bain And Young Champions
• Another Musical Interlude by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• Bonaparte's Retreat by The Chieftains
• Clare Ceili by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• Clare Concertinas by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
• Deireadh An Fhómhair - End Of The Harvest by Declan Masterson
• Flute For The Feis by John Doonan
• Fully Rigged by Aly Bain And Ale Möller
• Glackin by Paddy Glackin
• Happy To Meet And Sorry To Part by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Terry Corcoran
• In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
• Lonely Bird by Aly Bain
• My Lagan Love by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
• Rhythms Of The Wold by Rod Stradling
• Swarbrick 2 by Dave Swarbrick
• The Civil War Collection by Jim Taylor
• The Final Round CD 1 by Kevin Joyce
• The Last House In Ballymakea by Junior Crehan
• The Master Pipers Volume 2 by Tommy Kearney
• The Ruby by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• The Star Of Munster Trio by The Star Of Munster Trio
• Traditional Irish Dance Rhythms by Various Artists
• Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (2/2) by Geraldine Cotter
• Upslide by John McGann

X: 1
T: Bonaparte's Retreat
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | E2 E/D/E/F/ | GF ED |
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | EF/G/ FE | D4- | D4 :|
d2 f>e | d/e/d/B/ AB/c/ | d>B AF | ED F>E | D4- | D4 :|
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | E2 E/D/E/F/ | GF ED |
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | EF/G/ FE | D4- | D4 :|
d2 f>e | d/e/d/B/ AB/c/ | d>B AF |[M:1/4] ED |
M:2/4
B4- | B4 | d2 f>e | d/e/d/B/ AB/c/ | d>B AF | ED F>E | D4- | D4 :|

This is a great tune from Aly Bain ... I think it was originally a march, but it sounds nice as a reel, too.

# Posted on October 22nd 2003 by KeepFiddlin'

An American tune

This is An American tune, and Aly Bain acknowledges it as such. Please see the discussion under Copland's Barndance.

# Posted on January 28th 2004 by ffidylguy

Here are the words. Sung to the low part.

So I held her in my arms
and told her of her many charms
and kissed her while the fiddlers played
the Bonaparte's Retreat

# Posted on November 24th 2005 by dafydd

Need help with sheet music

Hey im new to fiddle and definitely to sheet music, just wondering if theirs low 2's in this song or not?

# Posted on September 17th 2010 by Mad Martigan

Re:

wow, sorry that no one has answered you yet. On this tune there would be a low two on E if you had to play one, but you don't so, you're good.

# Posted on September 20th 2010 by Kaylee Johnson