Annotation:Peter Pratt's Polka

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PETER PRATT’S POLKA. Scottish, Polka. Scotland, Orkney Islands. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by singer, fiddler and tin whistle player Peter ("Auld Peter") Pratt. Pratt was born in Toab, Mainland Orkney, in 1880, and resided there working as a farm worker. He was recorded in the field by Peter Kennedy in 1955, and there is a picture of him playing to the seals. Pratt died in 1971.

Source for notated version: Tommy Mainland (Orkney) [Martin].

Printed sources: Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 102.

Recorded sources: Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society – “Orkney Fiddle Music” (1976). Greentrax CDTRAX9021, Scottish Tradition Series, vol. 21 – “Orkney – Land, Sea & Community.”

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