Annotation:Red Coat (The)
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.
