X:1
T:Bridge of Foss, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances
B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 1)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
f|eATcA eA Tc2|(dc)(BG) B (d2f)|eAcA aefd|eAcA ce2-:|
|:f|ea^ga efcA|(B/c/d) (BG) B d2f|eATcA aefd|1 eAcA ce2:|2 ea^gb aAA||
BRIDGE OF FOSS, THE. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. John Glen (1891) finds the tune first in print in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (p. 1).
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - John McLachlan (The Piper's Assistant), 1854; No. 38, p. 22. Robert Ross (Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys), Edinburgh, 1780; p. 1.