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'''ROLLING OFF A LOG [1].''' AKA and see "[[Set canadien de Québec 1ère partie]]," “[[Up the River]].” American, Jig (6/8 time). C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was picked up (presumably from '''Cole’s 1000''') by the Beaton family of Mabou, and popularized among Cape Breton fiddlers. French-Canadian fiddler [[biography:A.J. Boulay]] (1883-1948) recorded the tune as the first figure in his "[[Set canadien de Québec 1ère partie]]", recorded (with dance figures called in English) in Montreal in December 1928.  
'''ROLLING OFF A LOG [1].''' AKA and see "[[Set canadien de Québec 1ère partie]]," “[[Up the River]].” American, Jig (6/8 time). C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was picked up (presumably from '''Cole’s 1000''') by the Beaton family of Mabou, and popularized among Cape Breton fiddlers. French-Canadian fiddler [[biography:Arthur-Joseph Boulay]] (1883-1948) recorded the tune as the first figure in his "[[Set canadien de Québec 1ère partie]]", recorded (with dance figures called in English) in Montreal in December 1928.  
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ROLLING OFF A LOG [1]. AKA and see "Set canadien de Québec 1ère partie," “Up the River.” American, Jig (6/8 time). C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was picked up (presumably from Cole’s 1000) by the Beaton family of Mabou, and popularized among Cape Breton fiddlers. French-Canadian fiddler biography:Arthur-Joseph Boulay (1883-1948) recorded the tune as the first figure in his "Set canadien de Québec 1ère partie", recorded (with dance figures called in English) in Montreal in December 1928.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 73. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 252, p. 91. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. p. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 106.

Recorded sources: -

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index []
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]



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