Annotation:Nuptial Knot (The)

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NUPTIAL KNOT, THE (Snaim a' phosaidh). Scottish, Jig. E Minor ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. This tune "is an attempt of the editor, in the style of the Irish; and he mentions this, not for any merit it possess, but because it might be claimed as Irish, unless traced to its source" (Fraser). See also Bayard's (1944) note for his untitled Pennsylvania "Quadrille," No. 46, which he identifies as a version of this tune. He further identifies a number of tunes in this family, including "Three Little Drummers (1)," "Spirits of Whiskey (2)," and "Humors of Listivain."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 156, p. 63. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 139, p. 179.

Recorded sources: Thistledown - "Hills of Lorne." Paddy O'Brien - "The Paddy O'Brien Collection."

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