Coleman's March

polka

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on November 18th 2004 by Tommy McCarty.

This tune has been added to 50 tunebooks.

Also known as Coleman Killed His Wife, Joe Coleman's March, Joe Dobbins, Old Hickory.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Farewell To Lissycasey: The Traditional Music Of County Clare by Various Artists
• Irish Music For The Mandolin by Kevin McElroy
• Journey To The Heartland by Ken Kolodner
• O'Malley's Music by Various Artists
• The Press Gang by The Press Gang
• Welcome Here Again by Martin Hayes And Dennis Cahill
• With A Lot Of Help From Their Friends by Mary Custy And Eoin O'Neill

X: 1
T: Coleman's March
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
F4|G3F/G/|AA/B/ A/F/D|E3F/G/|
Adc2|BB/A/ F/E/D|EE/F/ G/F/E|1 D2 A/B/A/G/:|2 D2 D/F/A/c/||
d4|c4|BB/c/ d/c/B|A3F/G/|
Adc2|BB/A/ F/E/D|EE/F/ G/F/E|1 D2 D/F/A/c/:|2 D2 A/B/A/G/||

Coleman's March

As you may have guessed, this is not a polka but a 2/4 march. I learned it off a friend of mine but can't recall where said she had it from. A pretty little tune, it can also be played slower so:

F8|G6FG|A2AB AFD2|E6FG|
A2d2c4|B2BA FED2|E2EF GFE2|1 D4 ABAG:|2 D4 DFAc||
d8|c8|B2Bc dcB2|A6FG|
A2d2c4|B2BA FED2|E2EF GFE2|1 D4 DFAc:|2 D4 ABAG||

# Posted on November 18th 2004 by Tommy McCarty

Coleman's March

This lovely march is recorded by the great fiddler, Pete Sutherland, on Eight miles from home", recorded in 1982.
"Devil in the Strawstack" is also on that fine recoding--a fabulous gritty G Dorian old-time Appalachian tune".

# Posted on November 21st 2004 by bobbi

Coleman's March

I would like some history on this neat little tune. Reply to smiskoe@aol.com

# Posted on May 9th 2005 by Sylvia Miskoe

For Sylvia

HI, Sylvia. David Kaynor introduced this lovely tune to us. Legend has it that Coleman played it on his guitar as he was sitting on his coffin while being carted away to the noose in the 1880s, having been wrongfully accused by his live-in sister-in-law of murdering his wife.
We've been trading this tune in our local sessions since we learned it. Everybody likes it - especially since it has a story!

# Posted on May 30th 2008 by vonnieestes

"Joe Coleman's March"

X: 3
T: Joe Coleman's March
T: Coleman Killed his Wife
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: march
K: Gmaj
|: e dc |\
B2 B/B/B BAGB | c2 c/c/c B2 Bc | d2- de dB GB | A2- AA A2 Bc |
d2 g2 f2 f/g/f | ef ed BA G2 | A2- AB cB AB |[1 G2- GG G :|[2 G2- GG G2 ||
|: B/c/d |\
g2- gg- g2 gg | f2 fd- d2 de- | ed ef gf ef | d2- dd- dc Bc |
d2 g2 f2 ff | ef ed BA G2 | A2- AB cB AB |[1 G2- GG- G2 :|[2 G2- GG G |]

# Posted on March 24th 2011 by ceolachan

"Coleman's March" ~ The Fiddler's Companion, Andrew Kuntz

http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/index.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/CO_COLL.htm#COLEMAN%27S_MARCH_[1]
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/CO_COLL.htm#COLEMAN'S_MARCH_[1]

# Posted on March 24th 2011 by ceolachan

Nice 5-string banjo version by Cathy Fink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSgfyf3B9RI&feature=player_detailpage#t=196s

# Posted on November 1st 2011 by Bleedin' Heart

I know another tune by the name of "Coleman killed his wife". It's an American fiddle tune collected by Marion Thede in Oklahoma and published in "The Fiddle Book" (Oak, 1967) on p36. It's in D, 6/8 "clog rhythm" and bears exactly no resemblance to "Coleman's March" at all.
Unfortunately my ABC skills are insufficient to note this tune down here (it's not Irish anyway) because it contains so much double-stopping.

# Posted on April 10th 2012 by Ebor_fiddler

http://tunearch.org/wiki/Coleman_Killed_His_Wife

# Posted on April 10th 2012 by Weejie