On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Jack Campin wrote: > This one is the signature tune of the Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers. > They think it's Norwegian but nobody can remember where they got > it from. Ideas?
They play something like it in Orkney, too ... X:320 T:Polka fr Finland S:Alistair Cochrane / Christina Eketorp R:Polka O:Finland M:4/4 Z:Richard Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> %%RR_OriginalCollection: <URL:http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/> K:G d2dd d2dd| d2cd e2d2| B2BB B2BB| B2AB c2B2|\ A2DD F2D2| A2DD F2D2| A2A2 B3A | A2G2 G4 :| |:D2DD B,2D2| G6 A2 | B2BB A2B2 | czz2B4 |\ A2DD F2D2| A2DD F2D2| A2A2 B3A | A2G2G4 :| ... is the version I have, with the "Hoy !" getting shouted after the rest in the 2nd part. They call it Norwegian there, too (no suprise there, then). I suspect Spaelimenninir i Hoydolum may have helped pass it around the northern isles in the 70s (I learnt it from ex-members), but it may go back further than that. -- Richard Robinson "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
