Annotation:Christmas Day Ida Mornin' (1)
X:1 T:Christmas Day i da Moarnin T:Day Dawns, Da S:John Stickle (1875-1957, Lerwick) M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:"Steady" N:Q=92 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. 140. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d2e||Of2d {fg}f3|e2d ^c2A|B G2 d2d|B2G G2f| e2f g2f|e2d ^c2A|ABA ABA|d3 d2e| f2a a3|e2d ^c2A|BG2 d2d|B2G G2f| e2f g2f|e2d^c2A|ABA ABA|d3 d3|| |:e3| ede/f/|{gf}g3 {Bc}B3|A2A A2A|B2c dB2| e3 ede/f/|{gf}g3 {Bc}B3|A2e d2B|1A3 A3:|2A3 Ade!D.S.!||"Final"A3 A3||
CHRISTMAS DAY IDA MORNIN' [1]. AKA and see "Day Dawn (Da)." Shetland, Air (12/8 or 6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A listening tune from the Shetland Island of Unst. Patrick Shuldham-Shaw collected the tune in 1947 from the playing of fiddler John Stickle (1875-1957), originally from Unst, whose ancestor Friedemann Stickle was famous as a fiddler in the eighteenth and early 19th century. Although some think Stickle composed it, Pat Shuldham-Shaw though it might have been older. Friedemann was paid to play this tune every year on Christmas morning in the hall ("Ha' of Buness") of his laird, the Laird of Muness {or Buness}", the Edmondston family. The late Shetland fiddler, collector and teacher Tom Anderson [1] (1910–1991) stated that Feidemann had composed the tune on the road from his croft at Burrafirth to Buness and also remembered that Stickle was called 'Stumpie' because he walked with a limp. It is possible that the tune's rhythm reflects the rhythm of Stickle's walk. Anderson also maintained the words "Christmas Day ida Mournin'" can be heard at the end of the tune.
