Annotation:Scaffies Cairt (The)

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SCAFFIES CAIRT. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Aberdeen policeman and musician Charles F. "Charlie" Sherrit, who published several collections of his compositions. Scaffies refers to a dustman, or garbage collector; 'cart' is a cart.

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Recorded sources: -Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster - "Fit as a Fiddle" (1993).



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