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SCOLLAY’S REEL. AKA – “Sculley’s Reel," "Scully's Reel." Shetland, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of the hornpipe “King of the Fairies (The).” The tune is sourced to Shetland fiddler John Scollay, who was recorded playing the tune (with his brother Peter on guitar) in the early 1950's by collector Pat Shuldham-Shaw.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Terry Wergeland [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 142 (appears as “Scully’s Reel”). Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 178.

Recorded sources : - Folktrax Casette FTX-068, J. Scollay & P. Scollay - "Da Mirrie Boys: Shetland Fiddle Music" (1978. Various artists, originally recorded in the field by Pat Shuldham-Shaw in Shetland, 1950-52). June Appal 014, John McCutcheon "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (1977. Appears as “Scullay’s Reel,” learned from Dudley Laufman {N.H.}). Rooster Records 117, Swallowtail - “Swallowtail” (1982). Rounder Select 82161-0476-2, “The Wind That Shakes the Barley: Hammered Dulcimer Music” (reissues, orig. released 1977).

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