Annotation:Galley Watch (Da)
Tune properties and standard notation
GALLEY WATCH, DA. Shetland, Shetland Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Bain): AABB (Anderson & Georgeson, Brody, Martin). A typical Shetland reel, known throughout the islands, collected and preserved by the Shetland Folk Society. Anderson & Georgeson (1970) note there were many versions of this traditional tune, some known by other titles.
Source for notated version: Boys of the Lough (Ireland/Scotland) [Brody]; John Stickle (Unst, Shetland) [Cooke].
Printed sources: Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; p. 21. Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; p. 38. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 115. Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 14, p. 64. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2004; p. 18.
Recorded sources: Philo 2019, Tom Anderson and Aly Bain- "The Silver Bow." Rounder 3006, Boys of the Lough- "Second Album" (1974).