The Flitter Dance
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Flitter Dance", also known as "Flitter Daunsey" is a polka in 4/4 time from England,<br> Isle of Mann in D Dorian. The parts are played AABB.<br> A 'flitter' is a type of limpet (an aquatic snail with a broadly conical shell).<br> "Flitter Daunsey" is Manx for "limpit dance".<br> The custom was for people to go to the beaches and dance to this tune and eat the limpits<br> native to the area on Good Friday.<br> It was printed in Carlin's Master Collection (1984). <br> It was recorded by Ensemble Galilei on Music in the Great Hall (1992). They play it in a<br> medley with "Illiam Y Thalhear" and "Shooyl Inneenyn" which are both in this section.<br>
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