Mile to Ride (A)
X:2 T:Mile to Ride, A M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:William Vickers manuscript (1770, p. 44) K:G dBd gag fed|gdB BdB d2e|dBd gag fed|a2A ABA c2e:| |:dBG G2B dBG|d/c/B/A/G GAB d2g|dBG GAB dBG|ecA ABA c2e:|
X:1
T:Mile to Ride, A
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:The 6/8 barring is incorrect and should be set in 9/8
B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes…
B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 22)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947
N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield.
N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his
N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings.
N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
e|:SdBd gag|fef g2d|BdB d2e|dBd gag|fef g2B|ABA c2e:|
|:dBG GAB|dBG dBG|GAB c2e|dBG GAB|dBG e2A|ABA c2e:|]
X:409
T:I had rather ride a Mile than walk in dirt. Roose.0409
T:Mile to Ride,aka. Roose.0409, A
T:Press No Me,aka. Roose.0409
T:Fleet's A'Coming,aka. Roose.0409, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
B:John Rooke, Manchester, 1850
Z:Village Music Project, Rob Watkins 2019
K:G
%"_Key sig. no sharps or flats in ms"
e|dBd gag fed|gdB BdB d2e|dBd gag fed|a2A ABAc2:|
|:e|dBG G2B dBG|d/c/B/A/G GAB d2g|dBG G2B dBG|ecA ABA c2:|
X:1
T:Mile to Ride, A
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
dBd g2g f2d|g2B BcB d2e|dBd g2g f2d|ecA ABA c2e:|
|:dBG G2c B2c|dBG GAB c2e|dBB G2c B2d|ecA A2B c2e:|]