Cutty

 CUTTY. Shetland, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A dance was performed to this tune (as mentioned by the collector Shuldham-Shaw) which Unst fiddler John Stickle maintained was "'a kind of kibby dance,' performed 'entirely in a sitting-on-the-heels position'" (Cooke, 1986). 'Cutty' means 'short' or truncated in Scots dialect (although it also is a derogatory term for women--referring to an immoral female). Source for notated version: John Stickle (Unst, Shetland) [Cooke]. The tune was originally collected by Pat Shuldham-Shaw after World War II. Printed source: Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 22, p. 74.

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