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'''COUTIE'S WEDDING'''. AKA - "Cutty's Wedding." AKA and see "[[Cuttie's Wedding]]." Scottish, Strathspey. A Aeolian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, McGlashan, Stewart-Robertson): AABB' (Kerr). Cuttie is Scots for 'shorty', supposedly the nickname of the bridegroom, a local fisherman in the parish of St. Fergus, Drumlithie, Scotland. His wedding was around the year 1770 and was a penny (or "siller") affair, and this tune was composed for it, according to collector Peter Buchan (1790-1854), writing in his '''Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland''' (1828). Words to the melody, printed by Buchan, go: | '''COUTIE'S WEDDING'''. AKA - "Cutty's Wedding." AKA and see "[[Cuttie's Wedding]]." Scottish, Strathspey. A Aeolian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, McGlashan, Stewart-Robertson): AABB' (Kerr). Cuttie is Scots for 'shorty', supposedly the nickname of the bridegroom, a local fisherman in the parish of St. Fergus, Drumlithie, Scotland. His wedding was around the year 1770 and was a penny (or "siller") affair, and this tune was composed for it, according to collector Peter Buchan (1790-1854), writing in his '''Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland''' (1828). Words to the melody, printed by Buchan, go: | ||
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''Busk and go, busk and go,''<br> | ''Busk and go, busk and go,''<br> | ||
''Busk and go tae Cuttie's wedding;''<br> | ''Busk and go tae Cuttie's wedding;''<br> | ||
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''Courtin' at a cankered maiden.''<br> | ''Courtin' at a cankered maiden.''<br> | ||
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''Printed sources:'' Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 33. Gow ('''First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels'''), 1784 (revised 1801); p. 11. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 3; No. 143, p. 17. McGlashan ('''A Collection of Reels'''), c. 1786; pg. 22 (appears as "Cutty's Wedding"). Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 57. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; pp. 90-91. | ''Printed sources:'' Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 33. Gow ('''First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels'''), 1784 (revised 1801); p. 11. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 3; No. 143, p. 17. McGlashan ('''A Collection of Reels'''), c. 1786; pg. 22 (appears as "Cutty's Wedding"). Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 57. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; pp. 90-91. | ||
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Revision as of 10:34, 6 May 2019
COUTIE'S WEDDING. AKA - "Cutty's Wedding." AKA and see "Cuttie's Wedding." Scottish, Strathspey. A Aeolian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, McGlashan, Stewart-Robertson): AABB' (Kerr). Cuttie is Scots for 'shorty', supposedly the nickname of the bridegroom, a local fisherman in the parish of St. Fergus, Drumlithie, Scotland. His wedding was around the year 1770 and was a penny (or "siller") affair, and this tune was composed for it, according to collector Peter Buchan (1790-1854), writing in his Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland (1828). Words to the melody, printed by Buchan, go:
Busk and go, busk and go,
Busk and go tae Cuttie's wedding;
Fa's the lassie and the lad,
That widnae gang if they were bidden.
Cuttie he's a lang man,
o he'll tak' hissel' a wife;
Gin he tak's on tae the toonlan',
Gin she takes on her fikie-fikie.
Cuttie he cam' here yestreen,
Cuttie he fell o'er the midden;
He wat his hose an' tine his sheen,
Courtin' at a cankered maiden.
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 33. Gow (First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); p. 11. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 143, p. 17. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg. 22 (appears as "Cutty's Wedding"). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 57. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 90-91.
Recorded source:
Springthyme Records, Iain McLachlan - "An Island Heritage" (1998).
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