Annotation:Bonnie Polka (Da)

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Jean Pole o' Waas (L) with Scottish fiddler Betty Henderson, early 1960's.
BONNIE POLKA, DA. AKA - "Boanie Polka (Da)." AKA and see "Jenny Lind (1)." Shetland, Polka (whole or 2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Miller & Perron): AA'BB' (Anderson & Swing). One of the few traditional Shetland polkas, along with "Seven Step Polka (Da)" and "Sister Jean (2)." The tune is not unique to Shetland, however, and was popular under the title "Jenny Lind (1)."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Tom Anderson obtained the polka from the playing of fiddler Jean Pole o' Waas (of Stove, Walls, Shetland), who was born in 1880. The Shetland Times[1] gave this brief sketch of her at at 2016 unveiling of a carved headstone for her and her family:



Printed sources : - Anderson & Swing, (Haand Me Doon Da Fiddle), 1979; No. 9. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 28.

Recorded sources : - Olympic 6151, The Shetland Fiddlers' Society - "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).



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  1. ↑ Shetland Times, July 28, 2016, [1].
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