Annotation:Tame Her when the Snaw Comes
X: 1 T: Tame her when da snaw comes C: trad Shetland R: reel B: Tom Anderson "Ringing Strings" 1983 N: Either B part may be played. M: C| L: 1/8 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/reel/Tame_Her_When_Da_Snaw_Comes-G-32-3.abc K: G "A"|: "G"gfed egB2 | "D7"AGAB AGAB | "G"gfed egB2 | "D7"AGAB "G"G4 :| "B1"|: "G"G2G2 "C"EGDE | "G"G2G2 "D7"AcBA | "G"G2G2 "C"EGDE | "D7"GBAF "G"G4 "d.C.":| "B2"|: "C"EG"G"DG "C"EG"G"D2 | "C"EGAB "D7"cBAG | "C"EG"G"DG "C"EG"G"D2 | "D7"GBAF "G"G4 :|
TAME HER WHEN DA SNAW COMES. Shetland, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The ... title refers to the fact that the best time to tame a Shetland pony is when the snow lies on the ground, because then they are hungry" (Boys of the Lough). A traditional reel "well known over most of the country districts of Shetland. The tune is a variant of the Shetland traditional song 'Boanie Tammy Scollay'" (Anderson).