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Theme code Index	5555 1527bL, 1551H 555L7bL
Also known as	Faader Ben da Welcomer (Da), Fader Ben da Welcomer (Da), Farder Ben da Wylcomer (Da), Further Benn the Welcomer (The), Farther Ben the Welcomer (The)
Composer/Core Source	Biography:John Stickle, Biography:Peter Fraser
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure	AABBC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Tom Anderson & Tom Georgeson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Mirrie Dancers (Da)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 10
Year of publication/Date of MS	1970
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T:Da Farder Ben da Wylcomer
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Peter Fraser
R:Air
K:D
E|(A/B/d) (A/B/A/F/)|AA2 .A/.F/|Dd (A/B/)(A/F/)|E (=C2 E)|
(A/B/d) (A/B/A/F/)|D(A/c/) d>(A|{c}B)(A/B/) (d/B/)(A/F/)|E =C2:||
A|dd e/f/g/e/|a/f/e/d/ cA|dd e/f/g/e/|a/f/e/f/ dA|
dd e/f/g/e/|a/f/e/d/ cA|dd e/f/g/e/|a/f/e/d/ e/f/g/e/|
a/f/e/d/ e/f/g/e/|a/f/e/f/ d:||(A|B/A/)B/c/ (d/B/)(A/F/)|E (=C2E)|
A/B/A/F/ A/B/A/F/|A A2 A/F/|A/B/A/F/ A/B/A/F/|E (=C2E)|
A/B/A/F/ A/B/A/F/|D(A/c/) d>(A|{c}B).A/.B/ (d/B/)(A/F/)|E =C2||

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T:Da farder bein, da welcomer
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:"Moderate"
S:John Stickle (1875-1957, of Baltasound, Unst, via Pat Shaw (1946)
B:Pat Shuldham Shaw - "Folk Music and Dance in Shetland"
B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, vol. V, No. 2, 1947, p. 80.
K:D
DD A/B/A/F/|AD d>B|AD A/B/A|[A,E]>[B,E] [=CE]>[EE]|
DD A/B/A/F/|AA/B/ d>f|ed/B/ d/B/A/F/|{E/F/}E2 =C2:|
|:e>d ea/f/|{f/g/}fe/d/ [^ce]>[AA]|d>e fa/f/|{f/g/}fe/f/ d>A|
d>e fa/f/|e>d e/f/a/f/|fe/f/ d>f|ed/B/ d/B/A/F/|{E/F/}E2 =C2:||

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