Bonaparte's Retreat

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on October 22nd 2003 by KeepFiddlin'.

This tune has been added to 118 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 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 Coleman
• 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