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PIT HAME DA BORROWED CLAES. Shetland, Reel. Shetland, Vidlin. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Brody): AAB (Anderson, Flett & Flett). "A lively traditional reel from Vidlin. This was a favourite reel for dancing at weddings. Clothes were sometimes borrowed for weddings, hence the title, 'Put Home the Borrowed Clothes'" (Anderson).

Source for notated version: The Boys of the Lough (Ireland/Shetland) [Brody]; "Mr. Henry Thomson of Vidlin, now living in Ollaberry," via the late Tom Anderson (Lerwick, Shetland) [Flett & Flett].

Printed sources: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; p. 79. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; p. 219. Flett & Flett (Traditional Dancing in Scotland), 1964; p. 219.

Recorded sources: Philo 1026, The Boys of the Lough - "Live." Philo 2019, Tom Anderson and Aly Bain - "The Silver Bow." Front Hall 015, Jake Walton and Roger Nicholson - "Bygone Days."

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