Annotation:Highland Laddie's Hornpipe

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HIGHLAND LADDIE'S HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see "Dixon's Highland Laddie," "Highland Black Laddie," "Highland Laddie (2)," "Highland Laddie (5)." Scottish, English; Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "One of the many 'Highland Laddie' named tunes. Vickers lists "Heighlands Laddy" as an alternate title.

Source for notated version: William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian music manuscript collection [Seattle].

Printed sources: Seatlle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 292.

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