Crooked River (The)

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Theme code Index	1H1H1H1 1H1H2H2H
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Composer/Core Source	Dan R. MacDonald
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	Canada/Maritimes (English)"Canada/Maritimes (English)" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:John Donald Cameron
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Trip to Windsor Collection: The Music of Dan R. MacDonald vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 59
Year of publication/Date of MS	1994
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CROOKED RIVER, THE. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan. R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cogmagun Heights, Nova Scotia, is a placemname that some authorities say is an Indian word meaning * 'crooked river" (Thomas Brown, 1922, Place-names of the Province of Nova Scotia).

Printed source: Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; p. 59.

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