Da Forfeit O' Da Ship
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Da Forfeit O' Da Ship" is a Shetland reel in D Major. The parts are played<br> AB (Boys/Lough) or AABB (Anderson & Georgeson, Cooke, Hunter, Martin,<br> Martin & Hughes, Phillips).<br> It is in the repertory of Tom Anderson's Shetland Fiddle Band and therefore<br> widely known in the islands.<br> Tom Anderson (1970, 1978) states the tune is supposed to be one of the tunes<br> composed by an unknown fiddler-whaler, inspired by the sound of the sea breaking<br> on the bows of a sailing ship.<br> Robin Morton (1976) believes there is Scandinavian influence apparent in the<br> melody.<br> It was printed in Anderson & Georgeson's Da Mirrie Dancers (1970),<br> Anderson & Swing's Haand Me Doon Da Fiddle (1979),<br> Boys of the Lough's Music and Song from The Boys of the Lough - Music and Songs<br> of Ireland, Scotland and Shetland (1977),<br> Cooke's The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles (1986),<br> Hunter's The Fiddle Music of Scotland (1988),<br> Martin's Traditional Scottish Fiddling (2002),<br> Martin & Hughes' Ho-ro-gheallaidh, vol. 1 (1990) and<br> Phillips' Fiddle Case Tunebook: British Isles (1989).<br> It was recorded by Boys of the Lough on The Piper's Broken Finger (1976) and<br> The Day Dawn (1994),<br> Kevin Henderson on Fin da Laand Ageen (2011),<br> Tom Anderson,<br> Shetland Fiddlers on Shetland Fiddlers vol 3: Welcome to the Hamefarin (1985) and<br> Da Reel Thing (1973),<br> Aly Bain & Tom Anderson on Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2 (1978) and<br> The Silver Bow: The Fiddle Music of Shetland (1993),<br> The Chieftains on A Chieftains Celebration (1989),<br> Alasdair Fraser and Paul Machlis on Legacy Of The Scottish Fiddle Vol. 1 (2001) and<br> Boys Of The Lough on .<br>
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