Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on June 16th 2002 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 58 tunebooks.
Also known as Christmas Day Ida Moarnin, Christmas Day In Da' Morning, Christmas Day In The Morning, Da Christmas Day Ida Mornin' March, Xmas Day In The Morning.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Christmas Day Ida Moarnin'
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
f2d f3|e2d c2A|B2G d2c|B2G G3|
e2f g2f|e2d c2B|ABA ABc|d3 d3|
fa2 a3|e2d c2A|B2G d2c|B2G G3|
e2f g2f|e2d c2B|ABA ABc|d3 d3||
|:e3 (4edef|g3 B3|A2A A2A|B2c d2B|
e3 (4edef|g3 B3|A2e d2B|A3 A3:||
A lovely Shetland tune
The origin of this tune goes back to 19th century and is attributed to a Shetland fiddler, Fredamann Stickle, who used to play this tune to the laird every Christmas.
It's a fine tune on the whistle, too.
# Posted on June 16th 2002 by slainte
Technical point
The way it is written out, the time signature should be 6/8 - it would be more appropriate to file it under 'jig'.
Other than that, it's a great tune. Kathreyn Tickell does a fine version on fiddle.
# Posted on June 16th 2002 by granama
You're right
Thank you for the advice. It is actually just a tune, neither reel nor jig, but I should have classified it as a jig.
I've already change the tune details, but it seems that the sheet music cannot be modified.
# Posted on June 19th 2002 by slainte
Altering the sheet music is down to the man Jeremy.
# Posted on June 19th 2002 by granama
Xmas Day ida Moarnin'
I feel terribly sorry whenever I find this tune is in many people's tunebooks. Here's the link to the correct sheet music: http://slainte.web.infoseek.co.jp/christmas.pdf
# Posted on April 20th 2005 by slainte
"Haand me doon da fiddle" ~ Tom Anderson & Pam Swing
Tune 18: "Christmas Day Ida Moarnin" ~ with notes
The University of Stirling Press, 1979
# Posted on November 28th 2005 by ceolachan
When I learned this tune, they told me it was a slide
# Posted on December 17th 2005 by zonker
Sounds like a Strathspey to me. It doesn't really matter though.
# Posted on December 22nd 2005 by Unseen122
Xmas day in da morning
It defenitly is a Strathspey, I´d say.
# Posted on November 12th 2007 by javivr
There's no traditional Shetland tune played as a strathspey as far as I know.
# Posted on November 12th 2007 by slainte
It's a "listening" tune - as opposed to a dance tune. It is most definitely not a strathspey nor a slide.
# Posted on November 12th 2007 by Kenny
Christmas Day Ida Moarnin'
slainte said, "There's no traditional Shetland tune played as a strathspey as far as I know."
I think you are right, Hiro - usually it's the other way around, in that Strathspeys, when absorbed into the Shetland tradition get "straightened out". A good example is "Lady Mary Ramsay" which became a fine reel in Shetland.
Quite a few prominent Shetland fiddlers - e.g. Tom Anderson, Willie Hunter, Aly Bain - display a love of Scottish music, and in that context have played plenty Strathspeys, but I can't recall hearing any native Strathspeys.
# Posted on November 12th 2007 by nigelg