Annotation:Oot be East de Vong

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OOT BE EST (East) DA VONG. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Mainland Shetland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (Anderson, Martin): AABB (Bain). One of "three traditional reels from the playing of the late Henry Thomson of Vidlin. These were favourite dancing tunes in Vidlin for the dance 'The Shetland Reel'" (Anderson). The title refers to a fishing landmark, or meathe, called the Vong, a part of the Outer Skerries--in this case the fishing ground is to be found 'east of the Vong'. See also the closely related Scottish tune "Kilt is My Delight (The)."

Source for notated version: learned by the late composer, teacher and collector Tom Anderson (Lerwick, Shetland) [Flett & Flett].

Printed sources: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; p. 41. Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; p. 16. Flett & Flett (Traditional Dancing in Scotland), 1964; p. 219. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 93.

Recorded sources: Topic 12TS379, Aly Bain & Tom Anderson - "Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2" (1978).

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