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'''OVER THE CABOT TRAIL JIG.''' Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Mabou Coal Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, fiddler Donald Angus Beaton ( | '''OVER THE CABOT TRAIL JIG.''' Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Mabou Coal Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, blacksmith and fiddler Donald Angus Beaton (1912-1981), an exemplar of the Mabou Coal Mines style of fiddling. | ||
[[File:beaton.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Donald Angus Beaton]] | [[File:beaton.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Donald Angus Beaton]] | ||
The Cabot Trail is a spectacularly scenic route through Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, named for the explorer John Cabot (who, while he explored for the English was | The Cabot Trail is a spectacularly scenic route through Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, named for the explorer John Cabot (who, while he explored for the English, was a Portugeuse named Cabato). | ||
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''Printed sources'': Shears ('''Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1'''), 1986; p. 75. | ''Printed sources'': Shears ('''Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1'''), 1986; p. 75. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal> Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal> Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). Rounder 7038, Willie Kennedy & Morgan MacQuarrie - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Cape Breton, vol. 2: The Rover's Return" (2002. Various artists).</font> | ||
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Hear a clip of the Beatons of Mabou playing the tune [http://www.celticmusiccentre.com/research/collections/dab/mp3s/byDAB/otct_bom.mp3]<br> | |||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t320.html]<br> | |||
Hear/see a clip of Kinnon, Andrea and Elizabeth Beaton playing the tune on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UgXZi4kbfE]<br> | |||
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OVER THE CABOT TRAIL JIG. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Mabou Coal Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, blacksmith and fiddler Donald Angus Beaton (1912-1981), an exemplar of the Mabou Coal Mines style of fiddling.
The Cabot Trail is a spectacularly scenic route through Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, named for the explorer John Cabot (who, while he explored for the English, was a Portugeuse named Cabato).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; p. 75.
Recorded sources: Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). Rounder 7038, Willie Kennedy & Morgan MacQuarrie - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Cape Breton, vol. 2: The Rover's Return" (2002. Various artists).
See also listing at:
Hear a clip of the Beatons of Mabou playing the tune [1]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]
Hear/see a clip of Kinnon, Andrea and Elizabeth Beaton playing the tune on youtube.com [3]