Cleek Him Inn

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Theme code Index	151H6 4522
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 66
Year of publication/Date of MS	1757
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CLEEK HIM INN. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Glen (1891) finds the tune earliest in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. The title references Cleekhimin (pronounced Kleek-ay-minn), a junction between Motherwell Cross and Carin Cross in Lanark, Scotland, located halfway up a steep hill. A tavern was located there, the Cleekhimin Bar, whose trade was insured by the fact that the hill was so precipitous that horse drawn carriages would be forced to harness or 'cleek' an extra set of horses in order to power the way to the crest of the hill. The call to 'cleek him in,' referring to the addition of an extra team, became a place-name.

Printed source: Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 66.

X:1
T:Cleek Him Inn
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner - Scots Reels (1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
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a>gfa c/c/c ac | defa g/g/g g2 | a>gfa c/c/c ac | d>fe>g f/f/f f2 | 
a>gfa c/c/c ac | defa g/g/g g2 | afge fcdB | cABG F/F/F F2 ||