Form: March
MP3: (Played by Gina Fehr)
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Sheet Music*: Click image to enlarge.
Sheet Music in PDF: The Meeting Of The Waters
ABC*:
X: 1
T: The Meeting Of The Waters
R: march
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
AB|:d2 df A2 d>c|Bd BG A2 d>e|fa Aa gf ed|f4 e2 AB|
d2 df A2 d>c|Bd BG A2 d>e|fa gf gA ce|1 d2 {e}d2 d2 AB:|2 d2 {e}d2 d2 a>g||
|:f2 a>f df fd|Bg gB A2 a>g|fa Aa gf ed|f4 e2 a>g|
f2 a>f df fd|Bg gB A2 d>e|fa gf gA ce|1 d2 {e}d2 d2 a>g:|2 d2 {e}d2 d4||
YouTube:
Source (if known): Traditional
Other Tunes in Set: Dusty Bob
Region:USA, Early, from earlier Scottish traditional
*Notes: The first YouTube above is played in A major, and I find various versions in D, A and G on the net.
A story goes that the waters in question are the Monongahela andAllegheny, joining in Pittsburgh to form the Ohio, and that this march was played by British troops, some of whom were under the command of a young George Washington, as they marched toward this spot intending to displace the French during the French and Indian War.
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