Annotation:Bata Bharra
X:1 T:Bata Bharra C:Alexander Mackay S:Alexander Mackay, A collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes S:(Glasgow, ca. 1822) M:9/8 L:1/8 K:A e|:cBA AEA AEA|cBA AEA fga|cBA AEA Adc|dBG GAB d2e:| cde eca ecA|cde ece fga|cde eca ece|dBG GAB d2e| cde eca ecA|cde ece efg|agf ged cec|dBG GAB d2e|]
BATA BHARRA. Scottish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). The tune is similar to (particularly in the first strain), and perhaps cognate with, "Wellington's Crossing" printed by piper O'Farrell in his Pocket Companion for the Union Pipes, vol. 4 (London, 1810). The exact dating of Alexander Mackay's volume is unknown, and varies from c. 1802 to c. 1822 (by John Glen) and c. 1832 (the date of a watermark on one published volume).
