Da Slockit Light mandolin

The name of this tune is Da Slockit Light (meaning the dimming or extinguishing light. It was composed by Tom Anderson of the Shetland Islands. I think it is a particularly beautiful and poignant tune. The tune was inspired late one evening as Mr. Anderson was looking down on his small home town while at the same time grieving the recent and untimely death of his wife. As he watched city lights were being turned out, one by one, and this reminded him of things in his own life that had been exti