High Road to Linton

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 Theme code Index    351H1H 661H1H
 Also known as    Bóthar Mór go Linton (An), Cuddle in a Boasie, High Road to Lynn, High Way to Linton, Highway to Linton, Jenny's Gone to Linton, Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Races (2), Leinster Highroad (The), Quadrille des bûcherons: 1e figure, Uncle Hugh's, Kitty in the Lane (5), Trip to Cartmel
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada
 Genre/Style    Cape Breton/PEI, Irish, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Fling, Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    2/2
 History    ENGLAND(North East), CANADA(Maritimes/English)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Archibald Duff
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Colllection of Strathspey Reels &c.
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 28
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1794
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X:1 T:Highway to Linton, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Archibald Duff – Collection of Strathspey Reels &c. (1794, p. 28) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A ceef a2 ae|(fe).f.g a2 ae|(ce).e.f a2 ae|face {c}TB2A2:| |:(ce).e=.g fddf|(ec).c.e (fB).B.d|(ce).e=.g (fd).d.f|(ec).a.c TB2A2:|]


X:1 T:High Road to Linton M:C| L:1/8 B:Mackintosh - Third Book of Sixty Eight New Reels and Strathspeys (1796) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion R:Reel K:A c(eef) a2 (ae)|f2 fe a2 (ae)|c(eef) a2 (ae)|faec TB2A2:| |:e(ee=g) fddf|e(cce) f(BBd)|cee=g fddf|ecac TB2 A2:||


X:2 T:High Road to Linton, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 8, p. 3) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix d|ceef a2 ae|f2 fe a2 ae|ceef a2 ae|face TB2A:| |:d|ceeg fddf|ecce|fBBd|ceea fddf|ecac B2A:|]


X:1 T:High Road to Linton M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 20) N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Bddf g2 gd|edef g2 fc|Bddf g2 gd|egdB A2G2:| |:Bddf ecce|dBBd eAAc|Bddf ecce|dBgB A2G2:|]


X:1 T:High Road to Linton, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 126. Carolan ms. 2, No. 61. K:A ce (e/f/g) (ag)a(e|fe)fg a2a2|ce (e/f/g) (ag)a(f|ec)ac B2A2:| |:(cee)a (fd).d(f|ec)cee B(Bd)|(ce)(ea) (fd)d(f|ec)ac B2A2:|


X:3 T:High Road to Linton M:C| L:1/8 B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion R:Reel K:A e | ceeg a2a>e | fefg a2 ae | ceeg a2 ae | faec B2A :| |: d | ceea fddf | ecce fBBd | ceea fddf | ecac B2A :||


X:4 T:High Road to Linton M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Fling O:Irish K:Amix ceef a2 ae|f2 fe a2 ae|ceef a2 ae|face B2A2:| |:ceea fddf|ecce fBBd|ceea fddf|ecac B2A2:||