Annotation:Miss Carmichael
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MISS CARMICHAEL. AKA – "Miss Carmichael's Jig." AKA and see "Cullen House (3)." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB’. An 18th century tune composed by Edinburgh musician and music publisher Biography:William Shepherd (c. 1745–1812).
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914–1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources:
Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes), 1997; No. 196, p. 77.
Shepherd (Collection of Strathspey Reels &c.), 1793.
Shepherd (Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1800.
Recorded sources:
Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland – “Parlor Music” (2005).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]