Annotation:Mile to Ride (A)
Tune properties and standard notation
MILE TO RIDE, A. AKA and see “Talk:The Fleet's a Coming," “Talk:Riding a Mile,” "Talk:Stannerton Hopping," "Talk:Stamfordham Hopping” Scottish, English, Irish; Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
The melody appears in Henry Playford's 1698 English Dancing Master (Part II). "This tune has several titles by which it is known to pipers, such as 'Stannerton (or Stamfordham) Hopping', 'Stanhope i' Weardale' and 'The Fleet's a Coming' "" (Bruce & Stokoe).
Northumbrian musician William Vickers printed the melody three times in his 1770 music manuscript collection (as “A Mile toRide,” “Stanhope in Weardale,” and “Stannerton Hopping”).
It also appears in the 1800-1805 manuscript (as “A Mile to Ride”) of Northumbrian smallpiper John Peacock (1754-1817) and that of 1812 from John Bell (c. 1864) (appears as “Stamfordham Hopping”). It is a popular three-part slip jig in Ireland, most often appearing under the title “Riding a Mile.” .
Source for notated version: John Peacock [Bruce & Stokoe].
Printed sources: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 181.
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