Annotation:Auld Cletten Roe

AULD CLETTEN ROE. AKA - "Auld Clett on Roe." AKA and see "I Went to the Well." Shetland, Wedding tune. Shetland, Hillswick area, Mainland (district). D Major ('A' part), D Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson said: "This tune was used as a 'test' tune at weddings in the old days. If the fiddler couldn't play it, or his playing was deteriorating, his 'supply' was cut off until he recovered."

Printed sources: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; pg. 62.