Annotation:Hei Tuti Teti

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HEI TUTI TETI. AKA and see "Scots Wh'a Hae (wi' Wallace Bled)." Scottish, "Very Slow" Air or March. F Mixolydian (Gow/Carlin): B Flat Major (Gow/Repository): G Major (Johnson): D Major (O'Farrell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Scotland's first popular hero was William Wallace, who fought for Scottish independence from the English, but was captured and brutally executed. Robert (the) Bruce took up the rebellion in 1305 and, in 1314, defeated Edward II in the battle of Bannockburn and finally declared Scottish independence. Edward took his time recognising the new state, but in 1328 he acquiesced and Robert Bruce became King Robert I of Scotland. Tradition has it that this tune was played when he led his troops to the battle at Bannockburn. Robert Burns wrote words to the air, now the Scottish anthem.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 543. Gow (Complete Repository, Book 2), 1802; p. 1. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), vol. 10, 1992 (revised 2001); p. 8. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3); No. 202, p. 24. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, vol. 1), c. 1800; p. 78. Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion), c. 1751.

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