Annotation:Billy Ballantine's Reel
X:1 T:Billy Ballantine's Reel C:Billy Ballantine D:Holey Ha'penny N:This could be Billy's version of N:"J B Milne" by Angus Fitchett O:Northumbria Z:Nigel Gatherer <gatherer@argonet.co.uk> M:2/4 L:1/8 K:G d|d^c/d/ ed|BB B>A|GF/G/ AG|E3 A/B/|c/B/A/B/ cA|ff f>e| d^c/d/ ed|cB B2|d^c/d/ ed|BB B>A|G>G Bd|e3 f|g>g fe| e d2 d|d (3c/B/A/ EF|G3::B|dB/B/ eB/B/|dB/B/ eB|dB g/f/e/d/| c3 A/B/|cA fA/A/|cA/A/ ff/g/|a/g/f/e/ d/^c/d/e/|B3 B/c/|dB/B/ eB/B/| dB/B/ eB|d/B/A/G/ B/G/B/d/|e3 f|g>g fe|e d2 d|d (3c/B/A/ EF|G3:|
BILLY BALLANTINE'S REEL. English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From Northumbrian fife/piccolo player Billy Ballantine (1891-1971). Nigel Gatherer thinks this may be a reworking of Angus Fitchett's tune "J.B. Milne Reel."
