Soldier's Joy

     Quite possibly the most popular fiddle tune of all time?
     This Bluegrass version has an extra A part variation attached
     at the end.

     ***note, this tune is possibly derived from "The King's Reel"***

     Time 4/4, Key D, >1= first ending, >2= second,
     (print Courier 10 point)

                          D
       |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |
     |------------------||-----------------|------------------|
     |-------------5-2--|*0-------0--------|-0---0-2-5---5-2--|
     |------------------||--4-0-4---4-0-4--|---4--------------|3
     |------------------||-----------------|------------------|
                          A                  D
       |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |
     |------------------|------------------|------------------|
     |-0-------0--------|------------------|-0-------0--------|
     |---4-0-4---4-0-4--|-5-4-2-4-2---4-5--|---4-0-4---4-0-4--|6
     |------------------|------------------|------------------|
                          D       A          D
       |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |    >1|   |   |   |
     |---------------0--|-2-5-2---0-3-0---||-----------------||
     |-0---0-2-5---5----|-------5-------4-||-5-4-5-7-5---5-2-*|
     |---4--------------|-----------------||-----------------||9
     |------------------|-----------------||-----------------||
       D                  D                  G
     >2|   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |
     |-------------5-3--||2-0-2-3-5---3-2--|-0---0-2-3---5-3--|
     |-5-4-5-7-5--------|*-----------------|---5--------------|
     |------------------||-----------------|------------------|12
     |------------------||-----------------|------------------|
       D                  A                  D
       |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |
     |-2-0-2-3-5---3-2--|-0-----------5-3--|-2-0-2-3-5---3-2--|
     |------------------|---5-4-2-0--------|------------------|
     |------------------|------------------|------------------|15
     |------------------|------------------|------------------|
       G                  D       A          D
       |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |    >1|   |   |   |
     |-0---0-2-3---5-3--|-2-5-2---0-3-0---||-------------5-3-||
     |---5--------------|-------5-------4-||-5-4-5-7-5-------*|
     |------------------|-----------------||-----------------||18
     |------------------|-----------------||-----------------||
       D                  D  (A Part Variation)
     >2|   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |
     |------------------|------------------|------------------|
     |-5-4-5-7-5---5-2--|-0----------------|-0---0-2-5---5-2--|
     |------------------|---5-4-2-0-2-4-5--|---4--------------|21
     |------------------|------------------|------------------|
                          A                  D
       |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |
     |------------------|------------------|------------------|
     |-0----------------|-0-----------5-2--|-0----------------|
     |---5-4-2-0-2-4-5--|---4-2-4-2--------|---5-4-2-0-2-4-5--|24
     |------------------|------------------|------------------|
                          D       A          D
       |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |
     |---------------0--|-2-5-2---0-3-0----|------------------|
     |-0---0-2-5---5----|-------5-------4--|-5-4-5-7-5--------|
     |---4--------------|------------------|------------------|27
     |------------------|------------------|------------------|


     Lyrics, courtesy of Cleatus Beason. Pickett County, Tennessee
     
     [ Come along boys, and we'll all go          ]
     [ Come along boys, and we'll all go          ]
     [ Come along boys, and we'll all go          ]
     [ and play the old tune called Soldier's Joy ]

     eighteen soldiers on a bivouac
     playing stud poker in a mountain shack
     every vigilanti throwed down his hand
     when the seargent on gard gave the sharp command

     [Chorus]

     Jimmy get your fiddle down, and rosin up the bow
     Johnny tund your banjer up, we're gonna have a show
     ...
     and play the old tune called Soldier's Joy