Annotation:Toe Reid
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TOE REID. Scottish, Hornpipe (4/4 time). Scotland, Orkney Islands. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. "Toe Reid" was composed by self-taught fiddler James Johnstone (1904-1948, Mirland, Deerness parish, Orkney), in honor of a childhood friend from the neighboring farm of Braebister (Martin). The tune is often paired in a set with Johnstone’s other composition “Orkney Isles Hornpipe.”