Bonnell's Quickstep (aka Virginia Quickstep)

 This post is based on a chapter in  former editor Charles E. Bunnell (Charlie to his friends) recently compiled Bonnells & Bunnells of Note (And a few Burnells & Burrells for Good Measure). The complete work is available on Internet Archive at this link: Charlie Bunnell's Bonnells & Bunnells of Note.

Steve Bonnell, Montoursville, Pennsylvania, sent Charlie the following snippet from The Fiddler’s Companion website, http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/: 

BONNELL'S QUICKSTEP. AKA   "Bonnell's March," "Virginia Quickstep," "The Dancing Mustang," "Major Crichton's Delight" (Eng.), "Davy Knicknack" (Eng.), "Hoe Cake." American, Quickstep or March. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard. AABB. The tune is international in origin, according to Bayard (1981), in Britain and Europe, but in Pennsylvania it is known as a tune for fife and drum bands. The Pennsylvania versions are named for a renowned fifer from Geene County named "Doc" Bonnell. Bayard found two Flemish versions, and says Dutch authority Florimond van Duyse considered it a fife or flagolet tune dating to the latter 18th or beginning 19th century. Sources for notated versions: Bayard's 'A' version is from the Hoge MS; various other versions ('B' 'H') were collected from southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 210, pgs. 165 167. 

[Charlie could find nothing on who this “Doc” Bonnell might be. Neither can the editor of this blog. If anyone has pertinent information, please let us know.

The song can be heard here: Virginia Quickstep It's certainly a lively tune.

The sheet music was found in The concertina and how to play it : including 250 patriotic and sacred songs and well known melodies, by Paul De Ville, 1905, on InternetArchive.