Annotation:New Highland Laddie (1)

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NEW HIGHLAND LADDIE [1]. AKA and see "Highland Laddie (4)," "Jinglin' Johnnie," "Kate Dalrymple." Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. A Major (Watlen): G Major (Aird, Bruce & Stokoe). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in its earliest form in the lute manuscripts of the early 17th century such as the Skene (c. 1615-20) and Rowallan (c. 1612-28). It also was included in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). Edinburgh musician John Watlen, however, attributed it to "Dr. Harrington of Bath" in his 1791 Celebrated Circus Tunes.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 116, p. 46. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 185 (includes two variations by famous Northumbrian small-piper John Peacock). Watlen (The Celebrated Circus Tunes), 1791; p. 20.

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