Annotation:March of the Thirty-Seventh Regiment
X:1 T:March of the 37th Regt. M:C L:1/8 R:March B:James Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 571, p. 218) N:"Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G>B|d3e dc/B/ cB/A/|G2 G>G G2 A>c|B>Gd>B edcB|d3B A2 (G/A/B/c/)| d3e dc/B/cB/A/|G2 G>G G2 A>c|B>de>c B>d (d/c/)(B/A/)|G2 G>G G2:| |:A>A|A3B dcBA|B3c edcB|BGdB edcB|d3B AcBA| G3B BAcB|B3d dced|d>g (3fge (3dec (3BcA|G2 GG G2:||
MARCH OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. AKA - "March of the 37th Regt." English, March (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The 37th Regiment of Foot [1] was originally raised in 1702 in Ireland, where it was originally called by the name of a succession of Colonels. With the reorganization of the army in 1751 it was designated the 37th Regiment of Foot, and, in 1782 when the army associated regiments with counties, it became the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot.
The march is also contained in the Woburn (Mass.) Fife Manuscript, a ms. collection inscribed with the the name Seth Johnson and "Woburn. April 20th day, 1807. I Bought this Book, 5:3." Entries were made between 1807 and as late as 1840. It can also be found in the mid-19th century music manuscript copybook of flute player William Killey (Jurby, Isle of Mann).
