X: 1
T: the Soldier's Joy
T: the King's Head Reel
R: reel
O: Joshua Campbell 1778
B: Joshua Campbell's Collection 1778
B: RSCDS 2-6
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: An earlier name of this tune was "The King's Head Reel"
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: D
FG \
| "D"AFDF AFDF | "D"A2d2 d2cB | "D"AFDF AFDF | "A7"G2E2 E2FG | "D"AFDF AFDF |
| "D"A2d2 d2de | "D"fafd "A7"egec | "D"d2f2 d2 :: de | "D"f2fd fagf | "A7"e2ec egfe |
| "D"f2fd fagf | "A7"edcB A2g2 | "D"f2fd fagf | "A7"e2ec egfe | "D"fafd "A7"egec | "D"d2f2 d2 :|

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X: 2
T: Soldiers Joy.
M: C|
L: 1/8
O: Aird 1778
%Q: 1/2=104
I: :: ::
Z: Jack Campin * www.campin.me.uk * 2009
K: D
FG | "D"AFDF AFDF | A2d2- d2cB | AFDF AFDF | "A7"G2E2-E2 ||
FG | "D"AFDF AFDF | A2d2- d2fg | afdf "A7"gece | "D"d2d2-d2 :|
e2 | "D"fefg fagf | "A7"edcd efge | "D"fefg fagf | "A7"edcB A2 ||
A2 | "D"fefg fagf | "A7"edcd efge | "D"afdf "A7"gece | "D"d2d2- d2 :|

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X: 3
T: the KING'S HEAD
T: Soldier's Joy
O: Sarah Armstrong 1943
B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #21
S: Played by Mrs Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, PA, Nov 5 1943.
N: This is the other name of Soldier's Joy, found in many old collections.
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
B2 |\
A2 FG [DA]FDF | [D2A2][D2d2][D2d2] cB | A2 FG [DA]FDF | {F}GFED E2 FG | A FG [DA]FDF |
[D2A2][D2d2][D2d2]e2 | f2 af egfe | d2 [d2f2]d2 || de | f2 de f2 af | e2 cd e2g2 |
f2 de fgaf | edcB A4 | f2 de f2 af | e2 cd e2 g2 | f2 af egfe | d2 [d2f2] d2 |]

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X: 4
T: Soldier's Joy (jig)
R: jig
B: Joshua Campbell's Collection 1778
N: 2006 Jiggified by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: D
FG \
| "D"AFD AFD | A2d "(A7)"dcB | "D"AFD AFD | "A7"G2E EFG \
| "D"AFD AFD | A2d "(A7)"d2e | "D"fad "A7"egc | "D"d2[fd] d :|
|: de \
| "D"fAd faf | "A7"eAc ege | "D"fAd faf | "A7"e2c Ade \
| "D"fAd faf | "A7"eAc ege | "D"fad "A7"egc | "D"d2[fd] d :|
%%text Cilla Adams/Borden asked me to play "any good jig, like Soldier's Joy" for a dance, so I did ... [J.C.]