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'''LOWRIE TARREL.''' Shetlands, Reel. The tune is a variant of "[[Mason's Apron (The)]]," and known throughout the Shetland islands. Cooke ('''The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles''', 1986, p. 143) gives the following text to the dance tune, collected in the Shetlands:
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''O pirrie Lowrie, muckle Lowrie,''<br>
''O pirrie Lowrie, muckle Lowrie,''<br>
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''Drunken Lowrie Tarrell;''<br>
''Drunken Lowrie Tarrell;''<br>
''When we kill wir grice'' ...  (pig) <br>
''When we kill wir grice'' ...  (pig) <br>
''Du sall get da sparrell.'' ...  (intestines)<br>
''Du sall get da sparrell.'' ...  (rectum or intestines)<br>
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|f_recorded_sources=Rounder 3006, Boys of the Lough - "Second Album" (1974. Learned from Tom Anderson).
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|f_see_also_listing=Hear the reel played by Peter Scollay (fiddle), Lowrie Scollay (guitar) and Alice Manuell (accordion) at Tobar an Dualcais [https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/87356?l=en] <br>
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Hear Shetland fiddler Hugh Jamieson's anecdote that mentions the tune at Tobar an Dualcais [http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/48029/1/LuckyDip]<br>
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Hear fiddlers Tom Anderson and Aly Bain play and compare "Lowrie Tarrell" and "Mason's Apron" at Tobar an Dualchais [http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/97569/1;jsessionid=2678CCFB387F02CBFB47C35DD1772308]<br>
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 3006, Boys of the Lough - "Second Album" (1974. Learned from Tom Anderson).</font>
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LOWRIE TARREL. AKA - "Lowrie Tarrell." Shetlands, Reel. The tune is a variant of "Mason's Apron (The)," and known throughout the Shetland islands. Peter Cooke[1] gives the following text to the dance tune, collected in the Shetlands:

O pirrie Lowrie, muckle Lowrie,
Babbit Lowrie Tarrel
The sheep's heid is in the pot
And du sall get the sparrel.

While Shetland fiddler, collector, and teacher Tom Anderson gives:

Peerie Lowrie, silly Lowrie,
Drunken Lowrie Tarrell;
When we kill wir grice ... (pig)
Du sall get da sparrell. ... (rectum or intestines)


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Recorded sources : - Rounder 3006, Boys of the Lough - "Second Album" (1974. Learned from Tom Anderson).

See also listing at :
Hear the reel played by Peter Scollay (fiddle), Lowrie Scollay (guitar) and Alice Manuell (accordion) at Tobar an Dualcais [1]
Hear Shetland fiddler Hugh Jamieson's anecdote that mentions the tune at Tobar an Dualcais [2]
Hear fiddlers Tom Anderson and Aly Bain play and compare "Lowrie Tarrell" and "Mason's Apron" at Tobar an Dualchais [3]



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  1. Peter Cooke, The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles, 1986, p. 143