X:1
T:Ratha Fair [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Aird – Sixth and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs
B:(1803, No. 38, p. 15)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
d|B>eed B>GdB|B>e ef gefd|B>eed B>cdB|B<ed>B A2A:|
|:B|G<EE>G D>EGD|E/E/E Ed edBA|G<EE>G D>EG>A|B<ed>B A2A:|]
RATHA FAIR [2]. AKA and see "Down the Meadows (1)." Scottish, Reel (whole time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different tune than Bremner's "Ratha Fair (1)." Conor Ward finds a derivative of Aird's "Ratha Fair (2)" in Rev. Luke Donnellan's "Down the Meadows (1)."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 6), 1803; No. 38, p. 15.
