Annotation:West Point Jig
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WEST POINT JIG. AKA and see “Kent County Jig.” Canadian, Jig. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Perlman (1996) believes this is probably a Cape Breton jig.
Source for notated version: Johnny Joe & Foncey Chaisson (b. 1918 & 1929, Souris, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 131.
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