Annotation:Walking the Floor
X:1 T:Walking the Floor R:Jig C:Jack Chisholm Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion M:6/8 L:1/8 K:Amix e|A>AA e2A|e>fg e>dB|G>GG d2B|G>ge d>BG| A>AA e2A|e>fg e>dB|G>GG e>dB|{c}B>AA A2:| |:B|{efg}a3 e2d|g>ee e>dB|g3 d2B|G>ge d>BG| a3 e2d|g>ee e>dB|G>GG e>dB|{c}B>AA A2:|]
WALKING THE FLOOR. AKA – “Close to the Floor (2).” Scottish, Pipe Jig. The tune was composed (originally in four parts) by Scottish piper John "Jack" Chisholm, son of Pipe Major Bill Chisholm of Inverness. He served in the army during World War II, and was a member of the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band under Donald Shaw Ramsay (in whose collection the jig appears). He later emigrated to Washington, D.C., where he was Pipe Major of a band. The title commemorates his efforts to out his infant son to sleep.
