This slip jig was composed by recorder and whistle player Caz Lewis, who lives in Cambridge NY. It was written during a walk along the nearby Battenkill River, famous for fly fishing and boating. The Battenkill Rambler was also the name of a sight-seeing tourist train that stopped in Cambridge NY between 1999 and 2002.
This tune was written in 1997 in a building called The Ice House at the Augusta Heritage festival in Elkins, West Virginia. The tune was created in a class taught by Quebec accordion player Réjean Brunet, who composed the first strain and then asked the students to complete the second strain, following his chords.