Annotation:Kirkwall Bay

KIRKWALL BAY. Scottish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'CCDD'. Composed by the Scottish accordion player and dance band leader Jimmy Shand [1] (1908–2000). The march has also entered bagpipe repertory.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 2), 1988; p. 32. Shand (Scottish Dance Album, vol. 1), 1953; p. 14.

Recorded sources: Parlophone F 3389 (78 RPM), Jimmy Shand and His Band (1942. Appears as "Country Dance", a medley consisting of "Dundee City Police", "Aithernie Lodge," "Kirkwall Bay").

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