All the Ships are Sailing

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Theme code Index	3347 331H6
Also known as	A' da Ships ir Sailin
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Tom Anderson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ringing Strings
Tune and/or Page number	p. 84
Year of publication/Date of MS	1983
Artist	Biography:Aly Bain & Tom Anderson
Title of recording	Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic 12TS379
Year recorded	1978
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Tom Anderson notes: "...composed sometime about the first of the (20th) century, depicting the herring fleet sailing out to the fishing grounds."
Print sources: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; pg. 84. Boys of the Lough, 1977, pg. 17.
Recorded sources: Topic 12TS379, Tom Anderson & Aly Bain - "Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2" (1978). Transatlantic TRA 311, Boys of the Lough, "Lochaber No More."

X:1
T:All da Ships are Sailing
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
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