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X:1 T:Cutty's Wedding [1] M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Strathspey K:Bm B2 d>e f>B d2|B2 d>e f>e f<a|B2 d>e f>B d2| e>f e>d c<A c<e:||d>ef>g a>d f2|d>ef>e f>ef<a| d>ef>g a>d f2 |e>fe>d c<Ac<e|d>ef>g a>d f2| d>ef>e f>ef<a|d>a f<a d>a f<a|e>fe>d c<Ac<e||

CUTTY'S WEDDING [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. B Minor ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. A song called "Cuttie's Wedding" was set to the tune, and appears in Robert Chambers Scottish Songs, vol. 2 (1829). The chorus goes:

Busk an go, busk an go busk an go tae Cutty's wedding
Whaurs the lassie an the lad fa widnae gang fan they were bidden?

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 2), 1988; p. 8. Ochs (The Clarke Tin Whistle), 2000; p. 70. Logie & Mathieson (Standard Settings of Pipe Music of the Seaforth Highlanders), 1936.

Recorded sources: -Green Linnett GLCD 1146, The Tannahill Weavers – "Capernaum" (1994).

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