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LITTLE JUDIQUE [2]. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The melody was originally recorded by John A. MacDonald (1883 - 1971) of Little Judique, Cape Breton. MacDonald played it in the key of 'C', although other Cape Breton fiddlers play it in 'A' (Dan Hughie MacEachern) and 'F' (Otis Tomas) [Cranford]. Not having a title in 1990, Jerry Holland recorded it as "Buddy at Big Pond," after his source, fiddler Buddy MacMaster.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland's), 1995; No. 259, p. 75.

Recorded sources: Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland - "A Session with Jerry Holland" (1990). Green Linnett, Jerry Holland - "The Fiddlesticks Collection" (1995).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]

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-'''LITTLE JUDIQUE [2].''' Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Traditional. The melody was originally recorded by John A. MacDonald in the key of 'C', though other Cape Breton fiddlers play it in 'A' (Dan Hughie MacEachern) and 'F' (Otis Tomas) [Cranford]. Not having a title in 1990, Jerry Holland recorded it as "Buddy at Big Pond," after his source, fiddler Buddy MacMaster.
+'''LITTLE JUDIQUE [2].''' Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The melody was originally recorded by John A. MacDonald (1883 - 1971) of Little Judique, Cape Breton. MacDonald played it in the key of 'C', although other Cape Breton fiddlers play it in 'A' (Dan Hughie MacEachern) and 'F' (Otis Tomas) [Cranford]. Not having a title in 1990, Jerry Holland recorded it as "Buddy at Big Pond," after his source, fiddler Buddy MacMaster.
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