Gabhaidh sinn an rathad mór
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.
Other Material
2015 Allan MacDonald discusses ‘We will take the highway’ with Barnaby Brown