Annotation:White Heather (2)

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WHITE HEATHER [2]. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCDE. The tune was a signature tune for the radio show of Scottish piano accordion player Jimmy Shand, and much beloved of Scottish Country Dancers. The White Heather Club was a BBC TV Scottish variety show that ran on and off from 7 May 1958 to 1968 although it's theme song was a melody composed by Shand called "Six Twenty Twostep (The)" as the theme tune (as the show began at 6:20PM).

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Recorded sources: Parlophone R-5806 (45 RPM), Jimmy Shand (1963)

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