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GOODEN WELL/GOODENWELL. AKA and see "Mr. Buist's Frolic." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by James Walker and first appearing in his Edinburgh-published collection of either 1797 or 1800. The tune was recorded by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection), 1995; No. 12, p. 4. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 3.

Recorded sources: Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005).

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

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