Annotation:Jeannie Chock da Bairn
Tune properties and standard notation
JEAN(N)IE CHOCK/SHOKE (Shocked) DA BAIRN. AKA and see "Bride's Welcome Hame (Da)." Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Unst and North Mainland districts. G Major/A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Bain): AABB (Anderson). Traditional, however, the origin of title is unknown.
Source for notated version: from the playing of "the late" Henry Thomson (Vidlin, Shetland, who moved to Ollaberry) [Anderson]; the late Tom Anderson (Lerwick, Shetland) [Flett & Flett].
Printed sources: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; p. 41. Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; p. 39. Flett & Flett, 1964; p. 219 (appears as "Jeannie Shock da Bairn").
Recorded sources: Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire - "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland" (learned from Tom Anderson. Mistitled as "Jeannie Choke da Bairn"). Topic 12TS379, Aly Bain & Tom Anderson - "Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2" (1978).