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Thread #157007   Message #3702988
Posted By: Jack Campin
19-Apr-15 - 02:33 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Tunes of the sea (NOT songs!)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Tunes of the sea (NOT songs!)
Quite a few Shetland reels - look here:

Haand Me Doon Da Fiddle

Or from other Scottish traditions, The Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals (which may once have had words but they were forgotten by 1784), Rowing from Islay to Uist, and the polka The Vital Spark (written as a TV theme tune).