The Battle Of Waterloo

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on July 1st 2006 by davarm.

This tune has been added to 41 tunebooks.

Also known as The Battle Of Waterloo March.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Inveroran by Stuart Liddell
• Keep It Up by Keep It Up
• Play Live by Old Blind Dogs
• Raise The Rafters by Molly's Revenge
• The Clear Stream - Guitar Music From Scotland And Beyond by Various Artists
• The Ladies From Hell by The Black Watch
• There's A Buzz by Battlefield Band
• Valiant by The Sevens

X: 1
T: Battle Of Waterloo, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
A|D>D DE DCCD|F>G AF G2 (3ABc|d>c AG AGED|C>C CD C2 (3AGE|
D>D DE DCCD|F>G AF G2 (3ABc|d>c AG AGEC|D4 D2 AB|
d>c AG F>G AB|c>d cA c2 (3ABc|d>c AG AGED|C>C CD C2 (3AGE|
D>D DE DCCD|F>G AF G2 (3ABc|d>c AG AGEC|D4 D4||

The Battle of Waterloo

Actually a March instead of a Reel. I picked this one up from the Angus Sessions Podcast.

# Posted on July 1st 2006 by davarm

"Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine" ~ march / songs ~ A Dorian or Mixolydian

Submitted on May 17th 2001 by Jeremy.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7

& with several different sets of lyrics to this air...

# Posted on July 1st 2006 by ceolachan

The Battle Of Waterloo (march)

I believe this Scots pipe march is usually played in Amix, not Dmix.

# Posted on July 1st 2006 by slainte

Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (march)

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3056

# Posted on July 1st 2006 by slainte

On the (Great Highland) pipes, it would have to be played in Bb mix (but written in A mix).

Apart from the key, this setting appears to come straight from the pipes - there is evidence of 'piper's compression' (i.e. modifying the tune to fit into the octave-and-a-note range of the pipes) in various parts of the tune: e.g. in bars 1,5 & 13, DCCD intead of DCAC.

# Posted on July 2nd 2006 by CreadurMawnOrganig

The Battle of Waterloo

Watch Julie Fowlis play this tune on the highland pipes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DYU591BKoI

# Posted on March 5th 2010 by slainte

& the melody goes on ~

"From Galway To Dublin" - hornpipe
Submitted on February 24th 2003 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1464

"The Battle Of Waterloo" - march
Submitted on March 6th 2011 by Joe CSS.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/11103

# Posted on March 8th 2011 by ceolachan