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KISS HER AND CLAP HER. Shetland, Wedding Tune (noted both in 6/8 and duple time versions). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title means 'kiss her and pet her'. This was the second tune usually played for the wedding party in a traditional Shetland wedding of the last century; it "was a cue for the groom's party to kiss the bridesmaids ceremonially" (Cooke, 1986). Cooke (1986) prints the following text for this tune:

Here awa, there awa, wandering Willie
Here awa, there awa, wandering Willie
Lang have I sought thee,
Dear have I bought thee
Now I have gotten my Willie again.

Source for notated version: Peter Fraser (Finnigirth, Walls, Shetland) [Anderson & Georgeson, Cooke].

Printed sources: Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; p. 11. Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 29, p. 83.

Recorded sources: Shetland Folk Book. Front Hall 018, How to Change a Flat Tire - "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland" (1978).



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