X: 1
T: da Slockit Light
C: Tom Anderson (1969)
O: Shetland
R: air
Z: 2005 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
S: MS by Barbara McOwen, SHSNH 1.1 1988-09
S: From "Ringing Strings", Traditional Shedland Music & Dance by Tom Anderson, Shetland TImes, 1983
M: C
L: 1/8
K: D
% = = = = = = = = = =
V: 1 staves=2
FE \
| "D"D3F A2d2 | "A7"fedc "D"d2A2 | "G"B2d2 "D"A2d2 | "G"BAGF "A7"EGFE \
| "D"D3F A2d2 | "A7"fedc "D"d2A2 | "G"B2G2 "A7"AGFE | "D"[D6A,6] :|
g2 \
| "D"f2a2 "A"e3c | "G"d3e "D"dcBA | "D"f2a2 "E7"e2^g2 | "A7"a6 g2 \
| "D"f2a2 "A"e3c | "G"d3e "D/F#"dcBA | "Em"B2G2 "A7"AGFE | "D-G-D"D6 ||
g2 \
| "D"f2a2 "A"e3c | "Bm"d3e dcBA | "G"B2d2 "D"A2d2 |  "G"BAGF "A7"EGFE \
| "D"D3F A2d2 | "F#"fedc "Bm"d2A2 | "G"B2G2 "A7"AGFE | "D"[D6A,6] |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
N: harmony by unnamed "American student" 1979
V: 2
FE \
| A,3D F2A2 | dcAG F2D2 | G2B2 F2A2 | GFED A,4 \
| A,3D F2A2 | dcAG F2D2 | G,4 A,3C | [D6A,6] :|
c2 \
| d2A2 c3E | G4 FEDC | D4 ^G3E | C2A,2 B,2C2 \
| D4 A4 | G6 GF | G2B,2 A,B,A,C | DA,B,G, A,2- ||
A,2 \
| D4 C4 | B,6 GF | G2B2 F2A2 | GFED A,4 \
| A,3D F2A2 | ^A4 B2FD | G,4 A,3C | [D6A,6] |]
%%begintext align
%% "I was coming out of Eshaness in late January, 1969, the time was after 11 pm and as I
%% looked back at the top of the hill leading out of the district I saw so few lights compared
%% to what I remembered when I was young. As I watched, the lights started going out one
%% by one. That, coupled with the recent death of my late wife, made me think of the old
%% word 'Slockit', meaning, a light that has gone out, and I think that was what inspired
%% the tune." From a tape recorded interview with Tom by a student in 1970. The second
%% fiddle part was written by an American student in 1979.
%%endtext