Annotation:Ca' the Stirks
Tune properties and standard notation
CA' THE STIRKS FRAE OUT THE CORN. AKA and see "Lucky Can You Link Ony," "Mither Put Me to the Well (1)." Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Said to be a very old Scottish air. Stirks = bullocks.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 37. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 68, p. 10. Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jiggs, Book 5 (1844-45). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 114. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 53.
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