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YAIRDS O’ FINNIGIRTH. AKA and see “Andrew Carey (1),” “Scotland (1).” Scottish, Air. Scotland, Sheltand Isles. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An ornamental, slow air, setting of the slip jig "Andrew Carey (1)" or "Andrew Carr," which itself can be traced to "Scotland (1)," published in London in the Dancing Master, 14th edition (1709).

Source for notated version: Peter Fraser (Shetlands) [Cooke].

Printed sources: Fraser (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; p. 91.

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