Annotation:Benort da Daecks o Voe
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BENORT DA DAECKS O' VOE (North of the Dykes/Walls of Voe). AKA - "Benorth da Deks o’ Voe," Scottish, Reel (cut time). Scotland, Shetland Isle of Unst. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The title translates as "North of the Dykes (or Walls) of Voe."
Source for notated version: The tune was noted by Mangus H. Sutherland, "As played in Unst by the grand-nephew of the Composer" [Johnston].
Printed sources: Johnston (Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Sutherland, vol. IX), 1935; p. 122.
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