This tune may have been written by or named for Daniel Belknap (1771–1815) from Framingham, Massachusetts. He started a singing school when he was 18 years old and may have served as a fifer in the War of 1812. A tune called Belknap's March is found in a a secular “songster” published by Belknap; Belkap also published a number of other tune books, many of his own compositions. Whether this was the same tune is unknown. The tune given here was published in a 1983 book by Bill Wellington named "Belknap's March and Other Dance Melodies: Including Jigs, Reels, Waltzes, and a Hornpipe" subtitled "Thirteen original tunes by Wellington, transcribed for violin and piano."
Ref: https://framinghamhistory.org/biographies/daniel-belknap-1771-1815/
Ref: https://books.google.com/books?id=CqGRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT85&lpg=PT85&dq=bill+wellington+fiddler+belknap%27s+march#v=onepage&q=bill%20wellington%20fiddler%20belknap's%20march&f=false
Em | EmC | G | D | ||
Em | EmBm | D | Em | ||
Em | EmC | Bm | Bm | ||
G | D | EmBm | EmD | ||
G | G | C | G | ||
Am | D | Am | D | ||
G | G | C | G | ||
Am | D | D | G(B) |