Annotation:Doon the Water
Tune properties and standard notation
DOON THE WATER. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Nigel Gatherer explains that 'going doon the water' was a Glaswegian expression referring to 'down the River Clyde'(i.e. to the sea) when, in Victorian times, thousands would holiday at the resorts along the coast of west Scotland.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 33, p. 6.
Recorded sources: