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PETERHEAD POLKA, THE. Scottish, Polka. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Hardie): ABB'CC (Hunter). Composed by William Stephen of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and originally published as a piano solo. Peterhead was where James, the Old Pretender, first landed in Scotland in 1715, and in the 19th century it was a leading point of departure (along with Dundee) for ships from the Scottish whaling industry.
Source for notated version: Bill Hardie (Scotland) [Hardie].
Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 130. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 360.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Hear mid-20th century recordings of Ned Stewart playing the polka at Tobar an Dualchais [1] [2]