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Poor Auld Nellie
SS007
Poor Auld Nellie
00:00 / 00:46
As with Watch What You're Shooting, Jimmy Walls, we theorise that this tune also had lyrics. We are unsure as to who Nellie was. Further analysis forthcoming.
NOTES ON THE PIECE
Northumbrian Smallpipe characteristic:
Diatonic transpositions in bars 1-2 and 5-6 [blue boxes]
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Snookish characteristics:
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Major 7th interval in bar 7 [orange boxes]
Ends on Supertonic (A or Rey) [purple circles]
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