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|f_annotation='''DUNGARVAN WHOOPER.''' Canadian, Reel (whole time). Canada, New Brunswick. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. | |f_annotation='''DUNGARVAN WHOOPER.''' Canadian, Reel (whole time). Canada, New Brunswick. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The [[wikipedia:Dungarvan Whooper|Dungarvan Whooper]] (pronounced "hooper") is a ghost story about an alleged murder that occurred in the 19th century in a lumber camp along the Dungarvon River in central New Brunswick, Canada. It was told in a song (set to the tune of "Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way") written by Michael Whelan and published in a local newspaper in 1912. Peter Corfield (2024) credits the composition of the reel "Dungarvan Whooper" to Joe McGinnis, however, he notes the only source for the tune is from a c. 1980's recording made at the Fiddle-Doo event in Sussex, New Brunswick. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Peter Corfield ('''Tunes from New Brunswick'''), 2024; p. 34. | |f_printed_sources=Peter Corfield ('''Tunes from New Brunswick'''), 2024; p. 34. | ||
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DUNGARVAN WHOOPER. Canadian, Reel (whole time). Canada, New Brunswick. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The Dungarvan Whooper (pronounced "hooper") is a ghost story about an alleged murder that occurred in the 19th century in a lumber camp along the Dungarvon River in central New Brunswick, Canada. It was told in a song (set to the tune of "Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way") written by Michael Whelan and published in a local newspaper in 1912. Peter Corfield (2024) credits the composition of the reel "Dungarvan Whooper" to Joe McGinnis, however, he notes the only source for the tune is from a c. 1980's recording made at the Fiddle-Doo event in Sussex, New Brunswick.
