Mile to Ride (A)

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Theme code Index	51H7 1H35
Also known as	Fleet's a Coming (The), Riding a Mile, Stannerton Hopping, Stamfordham Hopping
Composer/Core Source
Region
Genre/Style	English, Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	9/8
History	England/North East"England/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Wright/John Peacock
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Favorite collection of tunes with variations adapted for the Northumberland small pipes violin or flute
Tune and/or Page number	3/1
Year of publication/Date of MS	1805
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A MILE TO RIDE: 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]. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 181.

X: 3
T: A Mile to Ride
B: A favorite collection of tunes with variations adapted for the Northumberland small pipes, violin or flute
L: 1/8
M:9/8
Z: Valerio M. Pelliccioni
K: G
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