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DRIVE HAKKY. AKA and see "Ca' Hawkie (Through the Water)," "Lord Elphinston." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Ca' Hawkie" (and similar titles) is the name of a popular song from Northumberland, with numerous variants in the northern counties of England, and in Scotland.

Source for notated version: the music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom very little is known. [Seattle]

Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 70. Northumbrian Pipers' Second Tune Book, 1981; p. 18. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 273.

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