Annotation:Miramichi Fire (2) (The)

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MIRAMICHI FIRE, THE. AKA - "Willie D's Favourite." Canadian, Reel. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton, New Brunswick. A Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Perlman (1996) notes this tune is among the "good old tunes" on Prince Edward Island, however, it is thought to have been Acadian in origin and quite old. The title commemorates the great Miramichi, New Brunswick, fire [1] of 1825, visible from western Prince Edward Island. It is still considered the largest forest fire in eastern North America, and devastated thousands of acres of timberland and many communities. It is thought the fire was responsible for the demise of the mast-making industry on the Miramichi River.

Paul Steward Cranford remarks that Cape Breton fiddlers sometimes call the tune "Willie D's Favourite," a title sourced to fiddler Cameron Chisholm (Margree), who learned it from the lilting of his father, Willie D. Chisholm, brother of renowned fiddler Angus Chisholm. Willie D., notes Cranford, worked in New Brunswick and Quebec in younger days, where he may have acquired the tune.

Source for notated version: Andrew Jones (b. 1918, Roseville, West Prince County, Prince Edward Island; now resides in Pleasant View, PEI) [Perlman].

Printed sources: Cranford (Brenda Stubbert: The Second Collection). Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 83.

Recorded sources: Rounder CD 7014, Dennis Pitre - "Fiddlers of Western Prince Edward Island" (1997).

See also listing at:
See notation at Cranford Publications site [2]



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