Blue Yowe (Da)
BLUE YOWE, DA. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Unst. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bain and Anderson say the tune is a descriptive piece by Fredamann Stickle of a quarrel between two women about who owned a uniquely colored female sheep. See the Shetland story "Essie Pattle an da Blue Yowe."
Recorded source: Topic 12TS379, Aly Bain & Tom Anderson - "Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2" (1978). Boys of the Low - "The Day Dawn."
X: 1 T:Blue Yowe, Da R:Reel O:Shetland M:4/4 C:Fredemann Stickle K:D f|\ af df ed e<e | B/c/B ed B2 Af| af df ed ee|e/f/g fe {Bc}d3:| |:A|\ d2 fd ed BB|d<B ed {Bc}B2 AA| d2 fd ed ee|e/f/g f2 e2 d2:||
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