Da Scalloway Lasses
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Da Scalloway Lasses", also known as "Fair Field House" is a Shetland reel in cut time<br> and A dorian or A minor. The parts are played AABB (Brody, Cooke) or AA'BB' (Bain).<br> Scalloway (in Old Norse: Skálavágr) is the largest settlement on the North Atlantic<br> coast of Mainland, the largest island of the Shetland Islands and was the former<br> capitol of the islands.<br> In the early years of the 20th century the melody was played regularly for Foursome<br> Reels and Highland Schottisches. The reel may well have been imported from Scotland<br> since it is similar to "Fair Field House"<br> which appears in John Riddell's A Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets, &c Composed by<br> John Riddell published in Ayre (1st ed., c. 1766 and 2nd ed., c. 1782).<br> It was printed in Anderson & Georgeson's Da Mirrie Dancers (1970),<br> Bain's 50 Fiddle Solos (1989),<br> Brody's Fiddler’s Fake Book (1983) and<br> Cooke's The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles (1986).<br> It was recorded by Boys of the Lough on Second Album (1974).<br>
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