Papa Stour Sword Dance

X:1
T:Papa Stour Sword Dance
S:John Fraser, Papa Stour (1970)
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Muckle Reel
B:Cooke - Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles (1986, ex. 7)
N:The first part is repeated for each of the seven characters of the dance.
N:The dance itself is to the music of the 2nd part.
K:D
P:"The Trip"
~f2 ~f>d e>e e>c|a2 a>c [A2e2] e>c|f>f f>d e>[Ae] e>e|f/.d/ z:||
P:"The Dance"
M:3/2
L:1/8
{A}|[D2d2][D2d2][A2f2][A2a2] g>e [A2e2]|d>d ~d2 [A2f2] a2 {fa}[A2f2][A2e2]|d>d ~d2 {d}[A2f2] [A2a2] g>e [A2e2]|
d>d ~d2 {d}[A2f2] [A2a2]g2f2|e>c ~[A2e2] e>.c ~[A2e2] {g}~[A2f2][A2f2]|A>c ~[A2e2] e>.c ~[A2e2] {g}~[A2f2][A2e2]|
|:d>A ~[D2A2] F>A ~[D2A2] [D2B2][D2B2]|1 d>A ~[D2A2] F>F ~E2 [=B,D2]G2:|2 d>A ~[D2A2] F>F ~E2 [=B,D2]D2!D.S.!||

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