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Theme code Index	555 552
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	9/8
History	SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:A.W. Johnston
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old-Lore Miscellaey of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland Vol. V
Tune and/or Page number	p. 81
Year of publication/Date of MS	1912
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X:1
T:Slip Jig [5] (untitled)
O:Shetland
M:9/8
L:1/8
B:Old-Lore Miscellany, vol. V (1912, p. 81)
N:The tune is from a manuscript collection [given A.W. Johnston] by 
N:"the late" Mrs. Balfour, which had been in the possession of her 
N:husband, the late Colonel David Balfour of Balfour and Trenaby. 
N:The Ms. also contains "Day Dawn" and "Foula Reel"..." 
N:Cecil Sharp thought the 2nd strain was reminiscent of the corresponding
N:strain of "Rakes of Mallow" (AKA "Sandy's lent the man his mill"), 
N:allowing for the change in time.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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a2f edc B2A::a2f edc efg|a2f edc B2A|
a2f edc efg|a2f edc B2A:|]

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