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The Girl I Left Behind Me (Fife and Drum)
For Independence Day (July 4), which is today, I made this simple fife and drum arrangement of a song I first learned from listening to fife and drum music, "The Girl I Left Behind Me." It is said to have been played when soldiers left for war or a naval vessel set sail. According to other sources the song originated in 1758 when English Admirals Hawke and Rodney were observing the French fleet. The first printed text of the song appeared in Dublin in 1791. A popular tune with several variations, "The Girl I Left Behind Me", may have been imported into America around 1650 as "Brighton Camp", of which a copy dating from around 1796 resides in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
The Muse Sounds font didn't have one for an actual fife, though, so I had to change it to a piccolo. A concert bass drum and a military field drum (rope-tensioned snare drum) accompany the piccolo.
Information taken from Wikipedia
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Original music is now public domain
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
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The Muse Sounds font didn't have one for an actual fife, though, so I had to change it to a piccolo. A concert bass drum and a military field drum (rope-tensioned snare drum) accompany the piccolo.
Information taken from Wikipedia
This arrangement (C) me and me alone
Original music is now public domain
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
UPDATE: Now in scraps.
Story details:
G-52 organization, Drumbums, Circus of the Superstars, and other such groups © me and me alone.
Some G-52s are joint-owned by me and
Chuong; see my bios gallery for which is which.UN1024s, AIRAF, GSAF, Royal Pagans, and other such groups ©
Chuong aloneD-19 ©
Zanta KeplicusBlue, Toppet Kingdom, etc. ©
BlueMario1016G-52 logo drawn by
zakavatarz; the world of Noah and all associates thereof © him and him aloneCurrent icon of me drawn by
pimpartistAny canon characters mentioned © all who own the rights.
All music, movies, or television shows referenced (C) all who own the rights
Category Music / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 120 x 63px
File Size 1.23 MB
Your arrangement sounds really nice, well done. I like it too.
I know this tune as a folk song, here are the lyrics as I remember them. You can sing them to the same Fife and Drum tune.
I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill
And over the moorland sedgy
I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill
And parted with my Betsy
I see no more the fine and gay
For each does but remind me
How swift the hours did pass away
With the Girl I left behind me
Oh ne'er shall I forget the night
The stars shone bright above me
And gently lent their silvery light
When first she vowed she loved me
But now I'm bound for Brighton Camp
And may God favor find me
And swiftly send me back again
To the Girl I left behind me
I know this tune as a folk song, here are the lyrics as I remember them. You can sing them to the same Fife and Drum tune.
I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill
And over the moorland sedgy
I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill
And parted with my Betsy
I see no more the fine and gay
For each does but remind me
How swift the hours did pass away
With the Girl I left behind me
Oh ne'er shall I forget the night
The stars shone bright above me
And gently lent their silvery light
When first she vowed she loved me
But now I'm bound for Brighton Camp
And may God favor find me
And swiftly send me back again
To the Girl I left behind me
Thank you for sharing. Often when I heard these melodies in my younger days, I had no idea what the lyrics were. The song "My Grandfather's Clock," which I've done here, falls into the same category.
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/61211657/
I didn't do this one as a fife and drum piece, though.
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/61211657/
I didn't do this one as a fife and drum piece, though.
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