X: 1
T:The Five Mile Chase
S:Kilkenny Tavern sessions, London
N:As 'Yellow Hair'd Laddie' it originated as a late 17th
N:century Scottish reel; it first appears on English
N:broadside ballad sheets in the 1790s for a song called
N:'In April, when Primroses Paint the Sweet Plain' [from
N:Bruce Olson].
N:It was published as 'Four Hand Reel' by Elias Howe in
N:'Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels', Boston, 1867; as an
N:untitled reel in Levey's 'Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd
N:Collection', 1873; and in Ryan's Mammoth Collection of
N:1883.
N:'The Five Mile Chase' seems to have been the name of
N:a dance (a four hand reel, naturally enough) which got
N:attached to the present tune, although O'Neill gives
N:it under other titles; also in Mulvihill.
Z:ATB
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
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G2BG dGBG|FADA FADA|G2BG dGBG|egfa g2(3edB|]
gdBd edBd|gabg agef|gdBd edBd|egaf g3f|
gabg efge|dedc BGBd|e2eg edBd|egfa gedB|]