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X:1
T:Nine Pint Coggie [2], The
M:C
L:1/8
N:"Very Old"
B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs,
B:book 4 (1844–1845, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
F|E/E/E EF E2 DB|(AF)ED FAAd|BdAB defe|dD D/D/D FEE:|
F|Eeef e2 de|f2 ed Bdde|Beef edef|afed e/e/e ef|
abaf defe|dBAF ABde|faef deBe|dD D/D/D FEE||
NINE PINT COGGIE [2], THE. Scottish, Reel. E Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (most versions). "Very old" (Skye). The tune was recorded by Cape Breton fiddler Bill Lamey on a 78 RPM disc[1]. See also the cognate Irish reel "Nine Points of Knavery (The)."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Emmett Hughes (b. 1920, Dromore, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources : - Little (Scottish and Cape Breton Fiddle Music in New Hampshire), 1984; p. 6. Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4), 1844–1845; p. 17. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 184. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 110. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 249. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 132.
Recorded sources : - Culburnie Records CUL 102, Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher – "The Driven Bow" (1988).
Wildcat Records WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin – "Ronan Martin" (2008).
See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
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