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'''COUTIE'S WEDDING'''. AKA - "Cutty's Wedding." AKA and see "[[Cuttie's Wedding]]." Scottish, Strathspey. A Aeolian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, McGlashan, Stewart-Robertson): AABB' (Kerr). Cuttie is Scots for 'shorty', supposedly the nickname of the bridegroom, a local fisherman in the parish of St. Fergus, Drumlithie, Scotland. His wedding was around the year 1770 and was a penny (or "siller") affair, and this tune was composed for it, according to collector Peter Buchan (1790-1854), writing in his '''Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland''' (1828). Words to the melody, printed by Buchan, go:
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''Busk and go, busk and go,''<br>
''Busk and go tae Cuttie's wedding;''<br>
''Fa's the lassie and the lad,''<br>
''That widnae gang if they were bidden.''<br>
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''Cuttie he's a lang man, ''<br>
''o he'll tak' hissel' a wife;''<br>
''Gin he tak's on tae the toonlan',''<br>
''Gin she takes on her fikie-fikie.''<br>
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''Cuttie he cam' here yestreen,''<br>
''Cuttie he fell o'er the midden;''<br>
''He wat his hose an' tine his sheen,''<br>
''Courtin' at a cankered maiden.''<br>
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''Printed sources:'' Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 33. Gow ('''First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels'''), 1784 (revised 1801); p. 11. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 3; No. 143, p. 17. McGlashan ('''A Collection of Reels'''), c. 1786; pg. 22 (appears as "Cutty's Wedding"). Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 57. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; pp. 90-91.
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''Recorded source:''
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Springthyme Records, Iain McLachlan - "An Island Heritage" (1998).
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 Theme code Index    13b53b 13b53b
 Also known as    Cuttie's Wedding, Cutty's Wedding
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Niel Gow
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 11
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1784
 Artist    Biography:Iain McLachlan
 Title of recording    Island Heritage (An)
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Springthyme Records
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   (1)   





X:1 T:Scotch Air, A T:Cuttie’s Wedding M:C L:1/8 B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 1” (New York, 1814, No. 158, p. 41) B: https://archive.org/details/flutemelodies0000rile/page/n55/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin A<A c2 (e/d/c/B/) c2|A>A c>d e<A c<e|A<A c2 (e/d/c/B/) c2|G<G B<G d<G B<d:| |:c<g g>f e<c e2|c<g g<f e<c e<g|c<g g<f e<c e2|G<G B<G d<G B<d| c<g g<f e<c e2|c<g g>f e<c e<g|a<f g<e f<d e<c|G<G B<G d<G B<d||


X:1 T:Coutie's Wedding M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey S:Surenne - Dance Music of Scotland, pp. 90-91 (1852) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin A<A c2 (e/d/c/B/) c2 | A<Ac>d e>A(c<e) | A<A c2 (e/d/c/B/) c2 | G<GB>G d>G(B<d) | A<A c2 (e/d/c/B/) c2 | A<Ac>d e>A(c<e) | A<A c2 (e/d/c/B/) c2 | G<GB>G d>G(B<d) || (c<g)g>a g>c e2 | (c<g)g>a g>c(e<g) | (c<g)g>a (g<c) e2 | G<GB>G d>G(B<d) | (c<g)g>a g<c e2 | (c<g)g>a g>c(e<g) | a>fg>e f>de>c | d>Bc>A d>G(B<d) ||


X:2 T:Cuttie's Wedding M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin A<A c2 e/d/c/B/ c2|A<A c>d e<Ac<e|A<A c2 e/d/c/B/ c2|G<G B>G d>G B<d:| c>gg>a g<c e2|c<g g>a g<ce<g|c<g g>a g<c e2|G<G B>G d>B B<d| c<g g>a g<c e2|c<g g>a g<ce<g|a>fg>e f<de<c|d<G B>G d>G B<d||