BONEY CROSSING THE ALPS. AKA and see "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine" (Irish version), "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" (English).
NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS [1]. AKA and see "Boney (Bonaparte) Crossing the Alps," "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine," "Bonaparte's Retreat" (Pa). English, Reel. A Dorian. Standard. AABB. See Bayard's (1944) note for "Bonaparte's Retreat." He stated in his 1981 volume that the tune is a member of the ubiquitous "Lazarus" tune family. A Pennsylvania-collected march called "Governor Taylor's March" is similar. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 2, 1954; pg. 7. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 171.
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