Annotation:Margaree Fancy
X:1 T:Margaree Fancy T:Jackson's Jig [4] M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G gf|g2B d2c|B2A GFG|DFA cBc|ed^c def| g2B{B}d2c | B2A GFE | DFA cBA |1G3 [G,G]Bd :|2G3 G2 B|] |:d3 d(Bc) |d3 d(Bc) |dBd gBd |c3 cBc | eaa a2A | egg g2g |1fef e^ce | d3 (dB)c :|2 fed cBA | G3G3 |]
MARGAREE FANCY. AKA and see "Jackson's Jig (4)." Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada, Cape Breton. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The melody requires playing in position in the key of 'C', thus some play it in G major. The jig was recorded on 78 RPM (as "Margaree's Fancy") by Alex Gillis (1900-1974) and His Inverness Serenaders, in Boston in November, 1934. Paul Stewart Cranford (2000) remarks that it was a popular tune with other Margaree, Cape Breton, fiddlers such as Angus Chisholm, Angus Allan Gillis and John Alex MacLellan.
