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A Dyker's Compliments .

A New Makars Celebrating Fife song. I gathered some pithy sayings the ladies at Ladywalk House in Anstruther came out with and juggled the words around. A Dyker is someone from Cellardyke, a village adjacent to (but never to be confused with) Anstruther. The tune came after the rhythm of the words, walking down to Kinghorn station at 7 o'clock one winter morning. It's on Sangsters' album Sharp & Sweet (CDTRAX 207) but this version breathes new life into it with the fiddles and viola, and Jenny's cheery extra tune.