Bourrée in E minor

[1] A bourrée was a type of dance that originated in France with quick duple meter and an upbeat.

[3] However, in the collection of one of Bach's pupils, Johann Ludwig Krebs, there is one piece ("Praeludio – con la Suite da Gio: Bast.

The song also includes a bass guitar solo, played by Glenn Cornick on the original recording.

Alternate studio recordings appear on The Jethro Tull Christmas Album and the 25th Anniversary Box Set.

In April 2011, Anderson played a duet version of the song with NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, who was on board the International Space Station at the time, as a celebration of 50 years of human spaceflight.