FTX-068 - DA MIRRIE BOYS
SHETLAND FIDDLE MUSIC
56 Shetland tunes. In the early 1950's Pat Shaw recorded the last of the older
players and the old wedding tunes, many still retaining Norse influence. Even
in those days, fiddles were backed with guitar accompaniment, and a piano used
for the Lerwick fiddle band. The fiddlers included: Tom Anderson & R.D.,
Peter Fraser, R.Jamieson, Willie Hunter, Bill Sandison, John & Peter Scollay
& John Stickle. Guitarists: Willie Johnson, Willie Hunter Junior and L.
Scollay.
1. AANDOWIN' AT DA BOW (Reel) Willie Hunter (fid)/ Willie Johnson (gtr) - 0'36"
2. DA MUCKLE O' FINNIGIRT (Reel) P.Fraser (fid), Finniegarth, nr. Wall - 1'55"
3. DA BACK REEL As previous - 0'42"
4. LODDIE (or FAIRIES REEL) J & P.Scollay (fid)/ L.Scollay (gtr)/ Pat Shaw
(acc) - 1'12"
5. DA WHENNA BURN (Reel) Bill Sandison (fid), Unst - 0'49"
6. DA TROWIE BURN (Air) As previous - 1'09"
7. JACK IS YET ALIVE (Reel) Tom Anderson (fid)/ Willie Johnson (gtr) - 0'35"
8. WATERMAN'S HORNPIPE John Stickle (fid), Unst - 0'53"
9. DOON DA ROOTH (Jig) As previous - 0'58"
10. DA AALD HILL GRINND/ FRAM APON 'IM/ GARSTER'S DREAM (Jigs) The Shetland
Traditional Band (fids, gtr, acc & piano) - 3'18"
11. DA CRAW DANG PUSSY (Reel) Willie Hunter Senr (fid) - 0'42"
12. DA FORFEIT O' DA SHIP/ DA MIRRIE BOYS O' GREENLAND/ DA WATTLE O'T (Reels)
Willie Hunter Junr (fid) - 1'54"
13. DA BONNY ISLE O' WHALSEY (Reel) Willie Hunter Senr (fid) & Junr (gtr)
- 0'54"
14. ANTARCTIC ICE (McPherson's Rant) Peter Scollay (fid), East Yell - 1'23"
15. DE'IL I' DA KITCHEN (Reel) As previous - 1'13"
16. SCOLLAY'S REEL J.Scollay (fid)/ P.Scollay (gtr) - 1'51"
17. DA ACCIDENT O' VOE (Jig) J.Scollay (fid) - 1'02"
18. LUCKY CAN YOU LINK ONY ? (Reel) As previous - 0'50"
19. I LO'E NO' A LASSIE (Waltz) R.Jamieson (fid)/ M.Stickle (mandolin)/ J.Jamieson
(acc) - 1'19"
20. DA AALD STUIR BACK AGAIN (Reel) R.D.Anderson (fid)/ Baltasound, Unst -
0'34"
21. DA CUCKOO'S NEST R. Jamieson (fid) - 1'18"
22. MIND WHAT YOU DO/ WINYADEPLA (Fetlar Reel) W.Hunter (fid)/ W.Johnson (gtr)
- 1'24"
23. UNCLE FREDDY'S (Stickle) TUNE Bill Sandison (fid), Unst - 1'25"
24. DA BLUE YOW (Reel) As previous - 0'40"
25. DA SOOTH END (Jig) W.Hunter (fid)/ W.Johnson (gtr) - 1'08"
26. THE HEN'S MAIRCH OWRE DE MIDDEN Tom Anderson (fid)/ Willie Johnson (gtr)
- 1'46"
27. DA BRIDE'S MARCH Peter Fraser (fid) - 1'38"
28. DA FARDER BEN DA WYLKOMER (Reel) As previous - 1'24"
29. GOSSABROUGH WALTZ John Scollay (fid)/ L.Scollay (gtr) - 1'27"
30. DA BRIDE IS A BOANIE TING (Jig) John Stickle (fid) - 1'08"
31. MORE GROG IS COMIN' (Reel) As previous - 1'07"
32. SAIL HER OWRE DE RAFTREES (Reel) Tom Anderson (fid)/ Willie Johnson (gtr)
- 0'44"
33. BE NORT DA DACKS O' VOE (Reel) Bill Sandison (fid) - 0'38"
34. DA BRIG (composed by Fred Stickle) - As previous - 0'50"
35. DA LERWICK LASSES/ DA SCALLOWAY LASSES (P.Fraser)/ UNDERHILL (P.F)/ SQUARE
DA MIZZEN (Reels) The Shetland Traditional Band - 2'48"
36. SHETLAND ISLES HORNPIPE Peter Scollay (fid) - 2'00"
37. TASTE DA GREEN (Triple time Reel) As previous - 1'25"
38. MRS McLEOD'S REEL P.Scollay (fid)/ L.Scollay (gtr) - 1'14"
39. DU'S BEEN LONG AWA' (Wedding tune) Peter Fraser (fid) - 0'58"
40. DA GUIZER'S REEL As previous - 1'08"
41. DA CROSS REEL Tom Anderson (fid)/ Willie Johnson (gtr) - 0'51"
42. THE REEL O' STUMPEY Bill Sandison (fid) - 0'43"
43. DA NIPPIN GRUND (Reel) As previous - 0'37"
44. NORWEGIAN WALTZ Willie Hunter (fid)/ Willie Hunter Junr (gtr) - 1'42"
45. AALD SWAARA (Reel) Peter Fraser (fid) - 0'53"
46. KISS HER AND CLAP HER (Jig) As previous - 0'52"
47. SHAALDS O' FOULA/ VALLAFELD/ DA BRIG (Jigs for The Foula Reel) The
Shetland Traditional Band, Lerwick - 3'55"
Recorded by Patrick Shuldham-Shaw in Shetland 1950-52. Edited by Peter Kennedy
and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1978.
NOTES: #8. See EFDSS Journal 1962 p133/ #24. See p142/ #30. See EFDSS Journal
1947 p80/ #34. See EFDSS Journal 1962 p139/ #43. See p144.
