Cuairt Donnchaidh Do'n Mheinn Guail

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Theme code Index	5316L 5L3L5L1L
Also known as	Duncan's Trip to the Coal Mines
Composer/Core Source
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Kate Dunlay & David Reich
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton
Tune and/or Page number	p. 30
Year of publication/Date of MS	1986
Artist	Biography:Donald MacLellan
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Cape Breton's Music Tape CX 35 (Celtic 35)
Year recorded	c. 1950's
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CUAIRT DONNCHAIDH DO'N MHEINN GUAIL (Duncan's Trip to the Coal Mines). Cape Breton, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The 'coal mines' of the title are probably Cape Breton's Mabou Coal Mines. The tune resembles "Lady Elizabeth Lindsay," composed by Nathanial Gow (1763-1831) in the key of B Flat (as printed in MacDonald's Skye Collection).

Source for notated version: John Campbell [Dunlay and Reich].

Printed source: Dunlay and Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; p. 30.

Recorded source: Rounder 7009, Doug MacPhee- "Cape Breton Piano." Cape Breton's Music Tape CX 35, Donald MacLellan (Celtic 35). JC 124, John Campbell- "Cape Breton Violin" (as "Traditional Strathspey").

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