Annotation:Mary Jessie Gillis (1)
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MARY JESSIE GILLIS [1]. Canadian, March (2/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). Composed by fiddler, composer, editor and publisher Paul Stewart Cranford--who has also been a been a lighthouse keeper. Originally composed in the key of G Major. Mary Jessie Gillis is a Cape Breton piano player (see also the tune "Jessie's Fancy").
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cranford (The Lighthouse Collection).
Recorded sources: Odyssey ORCS 1051, Jerry Holland - "Fiddler's Choice" (1998).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
See standard notation at Cranford Publications [2]