X:1
T:Red Coat, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
B:William Ross - Ross's Collection of Pipe Music (1869, No. 88, p. 146)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amix
g|B>A Bd|e>d eg|B<G BA|AG Gg|BA Bd|e>d ea|gf/e/ gB|B>A A:|
g|a>f gf|e>d eg|B<G BA|AG Gg|a>f gf|e>d ea|gf/e/ gB|B>A Ag|
a>f gf|e>d eg|B<G BA|BG Gg|BA Bd|e>d ea|gf/e/ gB|B>A A||
RED COAT, THE. AKA and see "Gordon Castle (3)," "Cambdelmore," "Ballindaloch's Rant." Scottish, Pipe Strathspey or March (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A pipe strathspey and march in Scotland, but fiddlers on Cape Breton sometimes play it as a reel. Historically, the tune has been rendered as a march, strathspey and reel under this and alternate titles. The tune appears twice in William Ross's 1869 collection in march settings.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - J. & R. Glen (Glen's Collection for the Great Highland Bagpipe, vol. 3), 1870; p. 18 (strathspey). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 48 (strathspey). William Ross (Ross's Collection of Pipe Music), 1869; No. 88, p. 146 (march version). William Ross (Ross's Collection of Pipe Music), 1869; No. 88, p. 92.
