Road to the Isles

X: 2
T: Road to the Isles
T: the Bens of Jura
T: the Burning Sands of Egypt
C: John MacLellan (1891)
N: also attributed to Kenneth MacLeod
O: Scotland
%date 1891
M: 4/4
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Often played with repeats.
L: 1/8
K: D
A>d \
| "D"f4 a>f e>f | "G"d>e d>c B2 d>c \
| B<G B>c "D"d>e f<a | "Em"e4- "A7"e2A>d |
y4 \
| "D"f4 a>f e>f | "G"d>e d>c B2 g2 \
|"D"f<a f>d "A7"A>c e>c | "D-G-D"d6 |]
f>g \
| "D"a>A ~A2 f>A ~A2 | "G"d>e d>c B2 d>c \
| B<G B>c "D"d>e f<a | "Em"e4- "A7"e2f>g |
y4 \
| "D"a>A ~A2 f>A ~A2 | "G"d>e d>c B2 g2 \
|"D"f<a f>d "A7"A>c e>c | "D-G-D"d6 |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/misc/RoadToIsles/0001
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/misc/Road_to_the_Isles-G,D-16-4/0001
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/BSFC/couple/Road_to_the_Isles-G,D-16-4/0001
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/CFO/scottish/Road_to_the_Isles-G,D-16-4/0001