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RIDING A MILE (1). AKA - "Ride a Mile." English, Irish; Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain has some similarity to the first strain of “Up and Down Again,” and thus appears related to the “Mad Moll (1)” family of tunes stemming from Playford’s Dancing Master of 1698. However, the two parts are printed reversed in some printings of the slip jig.

Source for notated version: the c. 1845-47 music manuscript collection of Ellis Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [Doyle].

Printed sources: Doyle (Plain Brown Tune Book), 1997; p. 21. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 115 (appears as “Ride a Mile”). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 85 (appears as "Riding a Mule").

Recorded sources:

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Source for notated version:
See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s [Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources]
Alan Ng’s [Irishtune.info]

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