X:1
T:High Way to Greenvale, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:John Riddell of Ayr – Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c.
B:for the Violin (1782, p. 35)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c|:{B}(AGF) FCF FCF|{B}(AGF) FCF def|{B}(AGF) FCF FCF|AGF GAc (=B/c/dc):|
|:(f/g/a)g fcf cAF|(f/g/a)g fcf T(g2 f/e/)|fba gfe def|AGF GAc (=B/c/d)c:|]
HIGHWAY TO GREENVALE, THE. AKA and see "Bata Bharra." Scottish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Ayshire fiddler-composer John Riddell's 1782 second collection (p. 35), issued by musician and music publisher James Aird in Glasgow. Greenvale was a small estate located between Perceton and Cunninghamhead in North Ayrshire, Scotland, and was held by Alexander Montgomerie at the time Riddell's second collection was published.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Riddell (A Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets, &c.), 1782; p. 35.
