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Theme code Index	15L5L3L 1L315L
Also known as	Da Auld Swarra Jupie, Aald Swaara, Auld Swarra
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4, 4/4
History	SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure	ABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:A.W. Johnston
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland vol. IX
Tune and/or Page number	p. 122
Year of publication/Date of MS	1935
Artist	Biography:Aly Bain & Tom Anderson
Title of recording	Shetland Folk Fiddling vol. 2
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic 12TS379
Year recorded	1978
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations


X: 1
T: Da Auld Swaara Jupie
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Air
K: Gmaj
|: D |\ 
M:6/4
G4 G3 D B,2 G,2|\
M:4/4 
D2 GD (3B,2A,2B,2|G,3 B Bc/B/ AF|\
M:6/4 
G4 G3 D B,2 G,2| 
M:4/4 
(3D2G2D2 (3B,2A,2B,2|D2 G2 G3::A|GFED C2 EC|B,2 DB, A,3 B,| G,3 B B2 AF |
GFED C2 EC | (3B,2D2B,2 A,3 B, | D2 G2 G3 :||: D | GFED G2 g2 | e2 dB defg | 
a3 A Bc/B/ AF |GFED G2 g2 | e2 dB (3d2g2d2 |1 B2 G2 G3 :|2 B G3 G3 ||

X:1
%
T:Aald Swaara
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:"As played in Walls, Shetland." 
S:"As taken down by Magnus H. Sutherland." 
B:Johnston - Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Sutherland, vol. IX (1925, p. 122)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D/|GG D(A,/G,/)|D<(GD/) (B,A,/)B,/|G,2 (c/<B/)A/F/|GG D(B,/G,/)|
D<(GD/) (B,<A,)B,/|DGG>:||:A|(G/F/)(E/D/) C<(EC/)|B,<(DB,/) A,>B,|
G,2 (c/<B/)A/F/|(G/F/)(E/D/) C<(EC/)|B,<(DB,/) A,>B,|DGG>:||:A|(G/F/)(E/D/) Gg|
e2 (dB) (d/e/)(f/g/)|a2 (A/B/)A/F/|(G/F/)(E/D/) Gg|e(d/B/) d<(gd/)|BGG>:|]

X:1
T:Aald Swaara
M:2/2
L:1/8
R:Air
S:John Stickle (Shetlands)
B:Pat Shuldham-Shaw - "A Shetland Fiddler and His Repertoire: John Sticle, 1875-1957"
B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, vol. 9, No. 3, Dec. 1962, pp. 129-147.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
GG{EF}ED G2G2|\
M:3/2
L:1/8
DB,G,B, DEGD B,2 A,B,|\
M:2/2
L:1/8
D2A2 A4|GF{EF}G2G2|
M:3/2
L:1/8
DB,G,B, DEGE B,2 A,B,|\
M:2/2
L:1/8
D2G2 G3A|GFED EB,E,B|DB,GB, A,2 A,B,|
D2A2 A4|GFED E,B,E,B|DB,G,B, A2, A,B,|D2G2G3A||
GFEF D4|{gf}g2d2 efgg|a2 A2 A3B|GFEF D3f|
{gf}gfge dedc|1 B2G2G2A2:|2"last time"B2G2 G4||

X:1
%
T:Auld Swaara
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Anderson - Haand Me Doon da Fiddle (1979, No. 51)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|GG (3D(B,G,)|(3D(GD) ((3B,A,B,|G,2) {c}(3BAF|GG (3D(B,G,)|
(3D(GD) ((3B,A,)B,|DG G::A|(G/F/E/D/) (3CEC|(3B,DB, (A,>B,)|
G,2 {c}(3BAF|(G/F/E/D/) (3CEC|(3B,DB,  (A,>B,)|DG G:|D|(G/F/E/)D/ Gg|
e(d/B/) d/(e/f/g/)|a2 {A}(3BAF|(G/F/E/)D/ Gg|e(d/B/) (3d(gd)|BG G:|]

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