Annotation:Miss Jessy Cumming

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MISS JESSY CUM(M)ING. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Paul Cranford (1997) states: “I associate this tune with Alex Francis MacKay, an old style player from Glendale, Cape Breton, who at the age of 74 released his first CD, “A Lifelong Home” (Rounder, 1996). Dan R. MacDonald was Alex Francis’ first cousin.” Composed by Biography:Robert Mackintosh.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 126, p. 52. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 7. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 124.

Recorded sources:

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



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