PS 295 – We will take the highway

Primary Sources

Y3  Sherriffmuir / Index: Sherriff Muir Y3.176: 138
O6  Will you go to Sherriff Muir O6:10
K2  Gabhaidh sinne Rathad Mòr / We will take the High-Way K2.9: 19

Notes on Gaelic Title

Gabhaidh sinn an rathad mór  Gabhaidh sinne Rathad Mór / We will take the High-Way K2. We will take the highway. The opening words of a song. The tune of the song, a quickstep marching air, is called Sherriffmuir in earlier sources – see F. Buisman, ‘Transformations of piobaireachd in 18th-century Music Collections’, edited by R. D. Cannon, to be published (n.d.) – but We will take the Highway in later bagpipe publications, and most recently The High Road to Gairloch.

Roderick Cannon (2009)

Other Material