Annotation:Pennan Den

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PENNAN DEN. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by James Watt (1832-1909) of Pennan, at time a tiny fishing village near Fraserburgh that clung to a strip of beach and harbor. Watt in his early years was a sailor and fisherman who later became a teacher in his village. He made some violins, but was more in demand as a dance-fiddler. He died in 1909 in Grangemouth where he had lived during the latter part of his life.

Source for notated version: George Riddell (Scotland) [Henderson].

Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 100. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.

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