79th’s Farewell To Gibraltar march

A 2/4 pipe march which was in the requests list. Composed by Pipe Major J MacDonald, and I learnt this mainly at sessions in Edinburgh.

An old friend I’ve long neglected, thanks for the reminder Nigel…much appreciated…

Nigel Gatherer’s ABC Collection

Scottish tunes ~
http://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/abc/abc1.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/SEB_SEY.htm#SEVENTY_NINTH’S_FAREWELL_TO_GIBRALTER

Very good rendition on an album by Phil and Johnny Cunningham which is called, I think, “Against The Storm”. Phil plays it through on piano-accordion while a guest-player plays snare-drum, appropriately for a driving military march.

This is how I first learnt this great tune which, although written in 2/4, has a 4/4 march feel (like you would use it for a Gay Gordons). I like to play it with swung sixteenths for extra bounce.

It differs from the original in that I don’t play any G notes and so the first line of the fourth part is slightly different. It also differs from Nigel’s setting, especially at the ending of the third part and bars five and six of the fourth part.

And, of course, in the pipe setting all the Gs are natural.
For this setting I have left the key sig as three sharps - you would accompany as if in A major.