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Tune properties and standard notation
JIMMY O' THE BU'S POLKA. Scottish, Polka. Scotland, Orkney Islands. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. An un-named tune from the island of Hoy in the south of Orkney, called after its source. The tune is played as a polka on Orkney, despite the 4/4 setting which lends itself to interpretations as a barndance or schottische.
Source for notated version: Len Wilson (b. 1938, Stomness, Orkney), as played by Jimmy Sinclair (Bu of Hoy) c. 1920's [Martin].
Printed sources: Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 101.
Recorded sources: Greentrax Records, Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley - "Mither o' the Sea" (2000).