Aa the Ships are Sailing

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Theme code Index	3347 331H6
Also known as	All the Ships are Sailing, A' da Ships ir Sailin
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
Accidental
Mode
Time signature
History	Scotland/Shetland/Orkney"Scotland/Shetland/Orkney" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Boys of the Lough
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music and Song from the Boys of the Lough
Tune and/or Page number	p. 17
Year of publication/Date of MS	1977
Artist	Biography:Boys of the Lough
Title of recording	Lochaber No More
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Transatlantic TRA 311
Year recorded	1977
Media
Score ()

AA THE SHIPS ARE SAILING.
According to Shetland fiddler, teacher and composer Tom Anderson, the reel was composed at the beginning of the 20th century, and depicts the herring fleet sailing out to the fishing grounds. It was collected in the Shetland village of Nesting. It also appears in print in Anderson's book The Ringing Strings (1983, p. 84) and was recorded by himself and Boys of the Lough fiddler Aly Bain (a Shetland native and friend of Anderson's) on Topic 12TS379, "Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2" (1978).

X:1
T:Aa the Ships are Sailing
M:C
L:1/8
R:Shetland Reel
K:G
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