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'''GIBRALTER BALLOONS.''' English, Jig or March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Glasgow publisher James Aird's '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs''' | |f_annotation='''GIBRALTER BALLOONS.''' English, Jig or March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Glasgow publisher James Aird's '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, volume 3''' (1788). The title may be a reference to pioneering balloonist [[wikipedia:Montgolfier|Montgolfier]]'s proposal that balloons might assist France's effort to seize Gibraltar from the English in 1782. | ||
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GIBRALTER BALLOONS. English, Jig or March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Glasgow publisher James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, volume 3 (1788). The title may be a reference to pioneering balloonist Montgolfier's proposal that balloons might assist France's effort to seize Gibraltar from the English in 1782.
