Annotation:Highway to Greenvale (The)
X:1 T:High Way to Greenvale, The M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:John Riddell of Ayr – Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c. B:for the Violin (1782, p. 35) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F c|:{B}(AGF) FCF FCF|{B}(AGF) FCF def|{B}(AGF) FCF FCF|AGF GAc (=B/c/dc):| |:(f/g/a)g fcf cAF|(f/g/a)g fcf T(g2 f/e/)|fba gfe def|AGF GAc (=B/c/d)c:|]
HIGHWAY TO GREENVALE, THE. AKA and see "Bata Bharra." Scottish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Ayshire fiddler-composer John Riddell's 1782 second collection (p. 35), issued by musician and music publisher James Aird in Glasgow. Greenvale was a small estate located between Perceton and Cunninghamhead in North Ayrshire, Scotland, and was held by Alexander Montgomerie at the time Riddell's second collection was published.
