Annotation:Kirrie Kebbuck (The)

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KIRRIE KEBBUCK, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hunter): AAB (Cranford/Holland): AA'B (Martin). Composed by J. Scott Skinner and one of the tunes included in his concert set of 1921 which was romantically entitled "Warblings From the Hills." Kebbuck is the Scots word for a large whole cheese. Hunter (1988) records that when the tenants of Skinner's friend, Alex McPherson ("The Laird o' Thrums"), paid rent "he always offered them a whisky, a bannock and a slice of kebbuck." Cape Breton fiddler Bill Lamey recorded the tune (in a medley with Skinner's "MacKenzie Hay") on 78 RPM.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 117, p. 45. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 105. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; p. 20.

Recorded sources: Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland - "Parlor Music" (2005).

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index []
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []

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