The Merry Boys of Greenland - 2 flutes, oboe & clarinet/bassoon (arr. Catriona Melville-Mason) by Traditional Scottish Sheet Music for Woodwind Ensemble at Sheet Music Direct
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The Merry Boys of Greenland - 2 flutes, oboe & clarinet/bassoon (arr. Catriona Melville-Mason) Digital Sheet Music
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The Merry Boys of Greenland - 2 flutes, oboe & clarinet/bassoon (arr. Catriona Melville-Mason)by Traditional Scottish Woodwind Quartet - Digital Sheet Music

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A traditional fiddle tune from Scotland's Shetland Isles, arranged here for 4-part mixed woodwind combination of 2 flutes, oboe and either clarinet in B-flat or bassoon.  This piece makes a lively addition to general repertoire, or can be used in a recital programme either as a light-hearted interlude or an upbeat encore.  Although classed as 'intermediate', the difficulty level depends very much on the speed at which the piece is played!

The title of The Merry Boys of Greenland appears with many subtle variations the is sometimes replaced by da, of by o and merry as merrie or mirrie.

It is believed that the Merry Boys of the tune may have been recruited from the Shetland Isles (the northernmost island group off the coast of Scotland) to form the crew for whaling expeditions to the seas between Greenland and Canada.

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