Annotation:Ca' Hawkie

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 CA' HAWKIE (THROUGH THE WATER). AKA and see "Drive Hakky," "Lord Elphinston(e's)." Scottish, English; Strathspey, Reel and/or Air (2/4 time). England, Northumberland. B Flat Major & G Minor (Bruce & Stokoe): A Minor (Athole, Kerr, Martin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Bruce & Stokoe): AABB (Martin): AABBCCDD (Kerr). Christine Martin (2002) explains that 'Hawkie' is pet name in Scots dialect for a cow with a white face. Ca' Hawkie, ca' Hawkie, Ca' Hawkie through the water, Hawkie is a sweir beast, And Hawkie winna wade the water. Hawkie is a bonny cow, Though she's loth to wade the water; While she waits the work'll stand, So ca' Hawkie through the water. (Bruce & Stokoe)  Source for notated version: fiddler and teacher Jean-Ann Callender (Aberdeen) [Martin].  Printed sources: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 121. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 70, p. 10. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 12. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 54.  Recorded sources: Philo FI 2018, "Jean Carignan Plays the Music of Coleman, Morrison & Skinner" (played as a reel).

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