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Unknown Tunes on 6-Airs Cylinder Musical Box
By Elaine de Saxe

Good morning.  Tune 1 sounds like a Strauss waltz.  Tune 2 I know from
playing in pipe bands as 'The Green Hills of Tyrol'; Jimmy Stewart (the
Scottish entertainer of the 1960s and '70s) called it 'The Scottish
Soldier'.  I don't know its original name or country of origin.  The
connection between Scotland and the Tyrol is obscure to me; perhaps
someone on this list knows something of the tune's history.

Thank you for the challenge and the photos.  They are clear photos of
a delightful machine.

Very best regards,
Elaine de Saxe in Brisbane, Australia


(Message sent Wed 15 Aug 2007, 06:30:12 GMT, from time zone GMT+1000.)

Key Words in Subject:  6-Airs, Box, Cylinder, Musical, Tunes, Unknown

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