High Way to Edinburgh (1) (The)

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 Theme code Index    5L115 53b3b7bL
 Also known as    Black Eagle (The), Bonnie Black Eagle (The), Jewel (The), Lord Blake's Favorite, My Tocher's the Jewel, Lord Elcho's Favorite
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 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
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 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 409, p. 158
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
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X:1 T:High Way to Edinburgh [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Aird - Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3, 1799 (No. 409, p. 158) N:Aird also gives an identical setting of the tune (No. 410) set in 'B minor' for the German Flute Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin D|B,EE E2D|EGA B2e|dBA (G/A/B)A|GED D3| B,EE E2D|EGA Bed|Bge dBA|GEE E2:| |:B/-d/|Te2g dBG|ABd e2g|dBA (G/A/B)A|GED D2D| EGD EGD|EGA Bed|Bge dBA|GEE E2:||