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ill-fated
campaign to conquer Russia, French forces under Napoleon
Bonaparte begin their retreat from Moscow. This military action
will be immortalised in the Appalachian fiddle tune Bonaparte's Retreat whose structure illustrates the marching
men and the sounds of war. Pee Wee
King added a lyric to the tune in 1950 and it will become a
popular addition to the repertoire of many country music performers
including Glen
Campbell and Michael
Nesmith. (1812)
At the end of their
ill-fated campaign to conquer Russia, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte begin their retreat from Moscow. This military action will be immortalised in the Appalachian fiddle tune Bonaparte's Retreat whose structure illustrates the marching men and the sounds of war. Pee Wee King will add a lyric to the tune in 1950 and it will become a popular addition to the repertoire of many country music performers including Glen Campbell and Michael Nesmith.
At the end of their