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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 (1986) 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. ... (intestines)
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Rounder 3006, Boys of the Lough - "Second Album" (1974. Learned from Tom Anderson).
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