Annotation:Shooyl Inneenyn

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X: 1 T: Shooyl Inneenyn R: reel M: 2/4 L: 1/8 F: http://www.andyhornby.net/marktwald/manxcollection.pdf K: Bmin F|B3B B2c2|d2c2c2B2|B2 BA B2 BA|B2 de f3f| e2f2a2f2|e2c2B3f|f3e e2cA|B4 B3|| f|f2 ab f2 ef|b2B2B3f|f2 fe f2a2|b4 b4| f2 ab f2 ef|b2 B2 B3e|f2 fe c2d2|B4 B4||

SHOOYL INNEENYN (Promenade of the Girls). Isle of Man, Dance Air (whole time) or Polka (2/4 time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The dance, which has both slow and fast parts, was traditionally performed by girls at the Michaelmas hiring fair in late September, as a way of attracting employers. It is made up of a medley of two tunes (although played together under the “Shooyl Inneenyn” title. The first part of "Shooyl Inneenyn" is a polka and air called “Myr hooyl mee Magh Moghrey laa boayldyn" (As I went out one May Day morning).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Mona Douglas (‘’’Inkaghyn Vannin/Manx Dances’’’), 1983.

Recorded sources: -Maggie's Music MM107, Ensemble Galilei - "Music in the Great Hall" (1992). Manx Celtic Productions EMCD1, Emma Christian – “Beneath the Twilight” (1997).

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