Annotation:Highland Laddie (4)
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HIGHLAND LADDIE [4]. AKA and see "Jinglin' Johnnie," "Jingling Johnny," "Kate Dalrymple," "New Highland Laddie (1)." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Anderson): AABBCCDDEFFGGHH (Peacock). A Northumbrian pipe tune from the c. 1805 publication [1] generally credited to piper and pipe-maker John Peacock (c. 1754-1817). Numerous variation sets on a binary theme. The "Kate Dalrymple" title comes from a song set to the tune. There is another "Highland Laddie" tune in Peacock's collection (see "Highland Laddie (2)").
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Anderson (Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances for the German Flute or Violin), Edinburgh, 1820; p. 26. Peacock's Tunes, c. 1805; No. 50, p. 24. Wilson (Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 36.
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