BELLES OF EDINBORO. Scottish?, American?; Highland Fling (whole time). A Major (Ryan): G Major (Robbins). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in Boston Irish-born accordion player Jerry O'Brien's tutor (1948) under the title "Belle of the Ball (2)."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 171.
Robbins Music Corp. (The Robbins collection of 200 jigs, reels and country dances), New York, 1933; No. 135, p. 43.
White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 157, p. 29.