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'''WHA'LL DANCE WI' WATTIE.''' AKA and see "Cripple/[[Crippled Kitty]]." Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Nesting. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "A traditional reel from the North Mainland of Shetland. 'Wattie' was a seaman who was very fond of dancing. When he was home on leave and attending a local dance his partners had to work very hard to keep pace with him, and the word would go around 'Who'll dance with Wattie now?'" (Anderson). | '''WHA'LL DANCE WI' WATTIE.''' AKA and see "[[Clever Katie]]," "Cripple/[[Crippled Kitty]]." Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Nesting. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "A traditional reel from the North Mainland of Shetland. 'Wattie' was a seaman who was very fond of dancing. When he was home on leave and attending a local dance his partners had to work very hard to keep pace with him, and the word would go around 'Who'll dance with Wattie now?'" (Anderson). | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire - "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland" (1978. Learned from Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson). Topic Records 12TS281, Tom Anderson, Aly Bain - "The Silver Bow: Shetland Folk Fiddling vol. 1" (1976). Tannahill Weavers - "The Old Woman's Dance" (1978). Dick Gaughan - "Gaughan." </font> | ||
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WHA'LL DANCE WI' WATTIE. AKA and see "Clever Katie," "Cripple/Crippled Kitty." Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Nesting. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "A traditional reel from the North Mainland of Shetland. 'Wattie' was a seaman who was very fond of dancing. When he was home on leave and attending a local dance his partners had to work very hard to keep pace with him, and the word would go around 'Who'll dance with Wattie now?'" (Anderson).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; p. 79.
Recorded sources: Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire - "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland" (1978. Learned from Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson). Topic Records 12TS281, Tom Anderson, Aly Bain - "The Silver Bow: Shetland Folk Fiddling vol. 1" (1976). Tannahill Weavers - "The Old Woman's Dance" (1978). Dick Gaughan - "Gaughan."
See also listing at:
Hear the Tannahill Weaver's recording on youtube.com [1][2]