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X:1
T:My Wife's a Drunkard
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=220
C:Trad Shetland
R:reel
Z:Chris Hoseaso
K:D
a>e e/2e/2e a2 ef|gede g2 g2|a>e e/2e/2e a2 e2|dBGB A3 z:|!
eAcA e2 ge|dBGB d2 d2|eAcA e2 ge|dBGB A3 z:|!
MY WIFE'S A DRUNKARD. Shetland, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the Shetland reel "My Wife she's no a Drunkard."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Arthur Peterson (Shetland) [Anderson & Georgeson].
Printed sources : - Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; p. 24.
Recorded sources : - Folkways Records FW08470_210, Hugh Inkster with Nancy Cassell - "Music from the Orkney Islands" (1979. 2nd tune of "Shetland Selection"). Bonnie Rideout - "Kindred Spirits."
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