Annotation:Herra Boys
X:1 T:Herra Boys, Da N:Transcribed from a 1954 field recording of fiddler Peter Scollay (1922-2000), N:Burravoe, Yell, Shetland. C:Pat Shuldham-Shaw M:C L:1/8 R:March D:https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/86958?l=en Z:Andrew Kuntz K:G GA|B3G A2G2|E4G3E|D3E G2B2|{AB}A4A2GA| B3G A2G2|E4 G3E|D2G2F2A2|G4G2:| Bc|d3c B2d2|e2Jg2-g2e2|d3c B2G2|A4A2Bc| d3c B2d2|!fermata!e2J!fermata!g2-g4|f2d2 e2f2|g4 g2 fe| d3c B2d2|e2Jg2-g2e2|d2c2 B2G2|(A/B/A)-A A2AB| B3G A2G2|E4 G3E|D2G2F2A2|G4G2||
HERRA BOYS (DA). Scottish, March (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Da Herra Boys" is a march composed in the Shetland style by English collector, composer, choreographer, teacher and editor Pat Shuldham-Shaw (1917-1977) during one of his collecting and teaching visits to the island of Yell, Shetland. Shaw was one of the first prominent ethnomusicologists to visit the islands in the mid-20th century.
