Colonel Ridley's Quickstep

 COLONEL RIDLEY'S QUICKSTEP. Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Major (MacIntosh): A Minor (Gatherer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Abraham Mackintosh, son of Robert "Red Rob" Mackintosh, who followed his father's profession as musician and dancing master. Abraham published one collection in Edinburgh in 1792 (Thirty New Strathspey Reels). By the first decade of the 19th century he had removed to Newcastle-on-Tyne, where his is recorded as being a musician and dancing master. He died around 1808. The original version "Colonel Ridely's" was set in in A Major, set in minor by Nigel Gatherer in modern times. The march is also employed as a jig for Scottish Country Dancing. Printed source: Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 20.

X: 1 T:Colonel Ridley's Quickstep R:JIG B:RSCDS-15 Z:John Chambers M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:116 K:A d | "A" c2A ABc | "E7" BGE E2d | "A" cAc "A" edc | "E7" B2B Bed |
 * "A" c2A ABc | "E7" BGE E2d | "D" c/d/ec "E7" dBG | "A"A3 A2 :|
 * d | "A" cde edc |"D" def fed | "A" cAc "A" edc | "E7" B2B Bed |
 * "A" cde edc | "D" def fga | "D"ece "E7" dBG | "A"A3   A2 :||