Randy:   Inspired by your message was looking through some old notes I
had made in writing my article on the four 19th century Jamestown
Commemorations (which was published in the Virginia Magazine of History
and Biography back in 2002) Let me add to your collection of tunes:

According to the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer of May 22, 1807, the procession
of the bicentennial celebration of the Jamestown Landings was led by a
miltiary band (Nestle's Norfolk Artillery Co.) playing the tune "Boyne
Water."

Back in April 1807, the Petersburg Apollo had printed a poem about the
bicentennial that was set to this "Boyne Water" tune; here's the last
stanza:

"My Ann, two hundred years have fled,
Since round these green bands straying,
Was seen the sweetest Indian maid,
With her young virgins playing:
O, we'll saunter through the groves,
Which she adorned before us,
Let's join with May's enraptured loves
And swell the living chorus."

The 1807 Grand National Jubilee (as it was called also featured some
more tunes accompanying the offering of the toasts:
So we get:
"Ere Round the Huge Oak;"
"Jefferson's March;"
"See the Conquering Hero Comes;"
"Roslin Castle;"
"Hail Columbia;"
"Life Let Us Cherish;"
"My Lodging is on the Cold Ground;"
"Hospitality, No Formality;"
"Heavenly Union;"
"That Seat of Science, Athens;"
"To Anacreon in Heaven;"
"Coolun;"
"Time has not thinned my flowing hair;"
and "Yankee Doodle."

I'll check through the other celebration records to see if I can turn up
any more for your project!

David Kiracofe




David Kiracofe
History
Tidewater Community College
Chesapeake Campus
1428 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
757-822-5136

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