Annotation:Gibralter Balloons
X:1 T:Gibralter Balloons M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig or march B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (1788, No. 599, p. 228) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D dcd A2d|efg f2g|afd bc'd'|afd e2f| dcd D2f|E2g F2a|G2b afd|ede d3:| |:faf aba|ege faf|dfd ege|fed cBA| dcd A2d|efg f2a|G2b afd|ede d3:|]
GIBRALTER BALLOONS. English, Jig or March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Glasgow publisher James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, volume 3 (1788). The title may be a reference to pioneering balloonist Montgolfier's proposal that balloons might assist France's effort to seize Gibraltar from the English in 1782.
