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IRISH SHILLING. AKA and see: "Muckle Skerry I' Tree," "Muckle a Skerry in Three," "Out and in the Harbour," "Oot an' in da Hairbour." Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Whalsay. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'.

Source for notated version: John Stickle (1875-1957)[Shetland], collected by Patrick Shuldham-Shaw in July 1946.

Printed sources: English Folk Dance and Song Society, vol. 9, December, 1960.

Recorded sources: BR001, Gibbie Hutchison - "Shetland Springs."

See also listing at:
Hear Gilbert 'Gibbie' Hutchison (Nesting, Whalsay, Shetland) recorded in the field by Peter Cooke in 1974 at Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches [1]




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