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Theme code Index	13b53b 13b55
Also known as	Cuttie's Wedding
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Christine Martin
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ceol na Fidhle vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 8
Year of publication/Date of MS	1988
Artist	Biography:Tannahill Weavers (The)
Title of recording	Capernaum
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnett GLCD 1146
Year recorded	1994
Media
Score ()

CUTTY'S WEDDING. Scottish, Strathspey. B Minor ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. A song called "Cuttie's Wedding" was set to the tune, and appears in Robert Chambers Scottish Songs, vol. 2 (1829). The chorus goes:

Busk an go, busk an go busk an go tae Cutty's wedding
Whaurs the lassie an the lad fa widnae gang fan they were bidden?

Printed source: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; p. 8. Ochs (Clarke Tin Whistle Book). Seaforth Highlanders (Standard Settings of Pipe Music of the Seaforth Highlanders).

Recorded source: Green Linnett GLCD 1146, The Tannahill Weavers - "Capernaum" (1994).

X:1
T:Cutty's Wedding
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
K:Bm
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