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'Shetland Set': The Lament for the Sailor Who Fell from the Masthead / The Scalloway Lasses / The Watle O'it
by Aly Bain
About This Song
About "'Shetland Set': The Lament for the Sailor Who Fell from the Masthead / The Scalloway Lasses / The Watle O'it" by Aly Bain
Aly Bain’s fiddle weaves through a Shetland set like wind through rigging. The lament for a fallen sailor is all salt-spray and bowed grief, before the reels kick up a jig of defiant joy. Traditional tunes rendered with modern clarity—mournful, then suddenly alive.