Annotation:Liberty Two-Step
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LIBERTY TWO-STEP. AKA and see "Liberty (1)," "Ti-Jean." Canadian, Two-Step. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. A version of the American tune "Liberty (1)," among other names. "Reel de Tí-Jean" shares the same first strain, but the second strains differ.
Sources for notated versions: Johnny Morrissey (1913-1994, Newtown Cross, Queens County, Prince Edward Island; late of Vernon River) [Perlman]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin].
Printed sources: Bégin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley), 1985; No. 67, p. 77. Perlman (Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 160.
Recorded sources: Apex AL 1613, "The Best of Don Messer and his Islanders, Vol. 6."