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USHAG VEG RUY (The Little Red Lark). Scottish, Slow Air. Scotland, Isle of Man. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. “Ushag Veg Ruy” (Little Red Lark) originally comes from a book of Manx songs and dances, Kiauall yn Theay. It is a lullaby, and there are different versions of the song, one based on the Scots "Craigieburn Wood."

Source for notated version: Scottish style fiddler Elke Baker (Washington, D.C.) [Matthiesen].

Printed sources: Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; p. 35.

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