Annotation:Weapon Shaw (The)

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WEAPON SHAW, THE. Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A weapon-shaw is Scots for a ‘weapon show’, or a martial display of weaponry. The Scots song “Up and Waur them A’ Willie” begins with this line:

When we went to the field of war and tae the weapon shaw,
Wi' true design to tae serve our king and chase our faes awa'

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 511. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 2), 1802; p. 32.

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