X:1
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T:Knot upo' da Hummliband, Da
S:John Stickle (1875-1957, Lerwick)
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Pat Shuldham Shaw - "A Shetland Fiddler and His Repertoire: John Stickle 1875-1957"
B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, vol. 9, No. 3, Dec. 1962, p. 138.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A|d2e f2g|ab2 a2f|{gf}g2g afd|(5fgfgf e2d|
a3 a3|aba afd|{gf}g2g afd|(3fgfgf e2||
d|A2A def|AFD D2A|F2A d2f|eEE E2A|
FA2 {Bc}d3|e f2 d2B|A2F G2E|FDD D2||
A|F2A d2f|eEE E2A|F2A d2f|eEE E2A|
F A2 {Bc}d3|ef2 d2B|A2F G2E|FDD D2||
KNOT UPO' DA HUMMLIBAND, DA. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). Scotland, Shetland Isles. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Pat Shaw explains that a hummliband is the piece of rope that goes round the thowl or thole-pin on the gunwale of a Shetland rowing boat to prevent the oar from slipping. He says that his source, John Stickle, always pronounced the 'K' in words like know and knife, as did many of the old Shetlanders.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - John Stickle (1875-1957, Unst) [Shuldham-Shaw].
Printed sources : - Pat Shuldham-Shaw, "A Shetland Fiddler and His Repertoire: John Stickle 1875-1957", Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, vol. 9, no. 3, Dec. 1962; p. 136.
