Jaffah's March

X:24
T:Jaffah's March
S:collected from Val McGinness, Thursday Island, Qld & Darwin, NT
S:collected by Jeff Corfield
S:NT Archives
Z:transcribed by Chris Hayden
N:Val McGinness attributed this tune to Jaffar Ah Mat of Thursday Island, during the 1930s
O:Australia, NT, Darwin
R:March
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
zA Bc|| "D"(d4d) A Bc |d2 e2 f2 e2 | (d4d)A Bc |d>c BA BA GF |"A" E8 |
g2 f2 e2 d2 | (c4c)>d cB | A2 G2 F2 E2 |"D" (D4 D)A fc |
d2 e2 f2 e2 | (d4 d)A Bc |d>c BA BA GF |"A" E8 |
g2 f2 e2 d2 | (c4c)>d cB | A2 G2 F2 E2 |"D" D8 ||
|:"D"f3 d A3 f/f/ | fe dc "G"B4 |"A" g3 e c3 B |1 A_B =Bc "D"d3 e :|2 A_B =Bc "D"d3 d/d/ || dz fz d2z A |]
|:"D"(d4d)^F =F^F | (A4A)^F =F^F | B3 A c2 B2 | "A"(E4 E)A ^GA |
"D"(d4d)F GA | "G"(B4B)c d/c/B |"A" A3 F G>G FE |1"D"D4DB BB:|2 "D"D8 ||
|:"D"f3 d A3 f/f/ | fe dc "G"B4 | "A"g3 e c3 B |1 A_B =Bc "D"d4 :|2 A_B =Bc "D"d3 d/d/ || dz fz d4 |]

Jaffah's March - played by Ray Mulligan

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Chris Hayden | Jeff Corfield | Val McGinness |