Highlander's Farewell to Ireland (1) (The)

Tune annotations

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X:16
T:The Highland Watch's Last Farewell to Ireland
K:C
L:1/8
S:James Ballantine's music manuscript collection (1770, Peeblesshire).
F:http://www.airdrieguitar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/graupius/downloads/ball.abc
K:Ador
A,2 A,B, A,/A,/A, A2 | GE D2 G,/G,/G, G,2 | EDEG ABtAG | GEDB, A,/A,/A, A2:|
|:a2 ab a/a/a a2 | g>age d/c/B/A/ GB | edeg abag | gedB A/A/A TA2 :|

X:1
T:Highlander’s Farewell, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances 
B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, pp. 10-11)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Ador
A,3B, A,/A,/A, A,2|G>E TD>B, G,/G,/G, (G,>G)|T(E>D) (E>G) A>B TA>G|
E>G TD>B, A,/A,/A, A,2::a3 b a/a/a a2|g>a Tg>e d/c/B/A/ G>(g|
e>d) e>g a>b Ta>g|e>d B<g A/A/A A2::G|TE>A, A,/A,/A, (E>A,) E2|
D<B, G,/G,/G, G,<A, B,2|E<A, A,/A,/A, TE>D E>A|G>E TD>B, A,/A,/A, A,2:|
|:A>(aa>g) a>b a<e|g<a e<g B<G d<B|c<A d<B e<c g<e|
a>e g>B A/A/A A2:||:A,>E C>E A,>E C>E|G,>D B,>D G/F/E/D/ B,/C/D/B,/|
A,>E C>E A,>E C>A|G>E TE>B, A,/A,/A, A,2::A>(aa>g) a>b a<e|
g<a e<g B<G d<B|c<A d<B e<c g<e|a<e g>B A/A/A A2:|
|:A3B A/A/A A2|g>e d<B G/G/G (G<g)|e>d e>g a>b Ta>g|
e>d B<g A/A/A A2::a3b a/a/a (a<f)|g>a g>e d/c/B/A/ G>(g|
e>d)e>g a>b a>g|e>d B<g A/A/A A2:|]

X:1
T:Highlander's Farewell to Ireland [1], The 
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Ador
A,3B, A,/A,/A, ~A,2 | G>ED>B, G,/G,/G, G,>G | E>DE>G A>BA>G |
E<G D>B, A,/A,/A, ~A,2 :| a3b a/a/a a2 | g>ag>e d/c/B/A/ G>g | 
e>de>g a>ba>g | g>ed>B A/A/A A2 | a3b a/a/a a2 | 
g<b e>g d/c/B/A/ G>g | e>de>g a>ba>g | g>ed>B A/A/A A ||
|: ^F | E>A, A,/A,/A, E>A, E2 | D>B, G,/G,/G, G>AB>D | E>A, A,/A,/A, E<A, E>A |G>ED>B, A,/A,/A, A, :|
|: a>ba>e a>ba>e | g>ag>e d/c/B/A/ G>g | e>de>g a>ba>g | g>ed>B A/A/A A2 :||

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