Annotation:Ettrick Water

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ETTRICK WATER. Scottish, Air (6/8 time). D Major/Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by Alan Fernie (b. 1960), a player, composer and conductor, especially of brass and wind band settings. The Ettrick is a fast-flowing river in Scotland's Border region which streams through a wild and rugged valley until it merges with the Yarrow. The site ancient ballad "Tamlane" or "Tam Lin," which relates a mortal's capture by fairies, is in Carterhaugh, in the valley, where Tamlane's well can still be found (Neil, 1991).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 50, p. 69.

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