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    Toss the fiddles [comp. Liz Knowles], polka

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    I have never been very good at naming tunes and so this one is a play on the well-known tune, Toss the Feathers. I wasn’t sure exactly what kind of tune this was when I first composed it! It began its life as a slow tune but I today, enjoy playing it like a march and like a polka so do with it what you wish!

    Commercial recordings:
    “Toss the Fiddles” track on “Kieran O’Hare” by Kieran O’Hare
    “Husaren” track on “String Sister: Live in Norway” by the String Sisters
    “Variations” album by Beolach

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