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The Soldier's Joy
Hornpipe · 2/2 · D major · Suggested tempo: 1/4 = 94 BPM
An old hornpipe with two eight-bar strains and a steady marching pulse.
The source melody is shown with a simple left-hand bass and chord accompaniment created for this site, for piano or chromatic button accordion.
Transpose Chord symbols are suggested by fisarmonica.org and are not part of the source score.
Source: F. O'Neill (ed.), O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903), no. 1642, The Soldier's Joy. IMSLP 1903 source score
Source and playback
Public-domain melody. Section endings are held to complete the bar; chords and bass are new.