Annotation:Wedding Night Jig (The)

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WEDDING NIGHT JIG, THE. AKA and see "Boc liath nan gobhar" (Gray Buck (The)), "Drive the Cows Home," "Highland Quickstep," "[[Lass of Kintail (The)," "Loving Black Lad (The)," "Maids of Kintail (The)." Cape Breton, Jig. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different setting of the tune appears in MacDonald's Gesto Collection of Highland Music (1895) as a quickstep (a pipe march in 6/8 time). Kate Dunlay (1989) says Cape Breton fiddlers frequently use quickstep tunes as jigs.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Sing Out, vol. 34, No. 4 (Fall, 1989); p. 31.

Recorded sources: Celtic 35, Donald MacLelland. Celtic 57, Donald MacLelland "The Fiddlers of Cape Breton." Celtic CX29, "Scotty" Le Blanc - "The Fiddling French Canadian Scot,:

See also listing at:
A;an Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]




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