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?
X:1
T:The Hoy Song
Z:Jack Campin 2002
S:Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers
M:2/4
L:1/16
Q:1/4=128
K:A % or do we play it in G? I can't remember.
e2ee e2ee|e2ee f2e2|c2cc c2cc| c2cc d2c2 |
B2B2 A2A2|G2G2 F2F2|E2d2 c2B2|[1 A2G2 F2E2:|\
[2 A4 z4 ||
E4 E2A2|c4 "^HOY!!"z4 |c4 d2c2| B4 z4 |
B2B2 A2A2|G2G2 F2F2|E2d2 c2B2|[1 A2G2 F2E2:|\
[2 A4 z4 |]
The HOY!! is shouted in unison.
(After the astonishing background to what I'd assumed was a simple
social dance tune or peasant ballad with that Breton number, I await
the revelations...)
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