X:3
T:Ca Hawkie through the Water
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Robert Miller ms., piper (c. 1820)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
B|A2 AB|G2 GB|A2 AB|e2 dB|A2 AB|G2 Ge|
g/f/e gB|AAAG:||:geeg|dedB|geeg|
agec|dega|ge a2|g/f/e gB|AAAG:||
CA' HAWKIE (THROUGH THE WATER). AKA and see "Drive Hakky," "Lord Elphinston." Scottish, English; Strathspey, Reel and/or Air (2/4 time). England; Cumbria, Northumberland. B Flat Major & G Minor (Bruce & Stokoe): A Minor (Athole, Davie, Kerr, Martin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Bruce & Stokoe): AABB (Martin): AABCCD (Davie): AABBCCDD (Kerr). '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)
"Lord Elphinston" is given as an alternate title by Stewart-Robertson in the Athole Collection, but it is not Ducan MacIntyre's strathspey "Lord Elphinstone."
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - fiddler and teacher Jean-Ann Callender (Aberdeen) [Martin].
Printed sources : - Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 121. Davie (Davie's Caledonian Repository), Aberdeen, 1829-30; p. 31. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; 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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