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Twin Sisters (1).AKA and see “Pigeon on the Gate [2]," “Pigeon on the Gatepost [2].” Irish, Canadian; Reel.<st1:country-region><st1:place>Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>;<st1:place><st1:city>New Brunswick</st1:city>,<st1:state>Prince Edward Island</st1:state></st1:place>. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Brody): AA’BB’ (Perlman). A floating title which appears with a variety of tunes. Perlman (1996) notes that some communities on<st1:state><st1:place>Prince Edward Island</st1:place></st1:state>call “Pride of the Ball” by the title “Twin Sisters.”
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Printed sources : - Gerry Robichaud [Brody]; Andrew Jones (b. 1980,<st1:city><st1:place>Roseville</st1:place></st1:city>,<st1:place><st1:city>West Prince County</st1:city>,<st1:state>Prince Edward Island</st1:state></st1:place>; now resides in Pleasant View, PEI) [Perlman]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; p. 281. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of<st1:state><st1:place>Prince Edward Island</st1:place></st1:state>), 1996; pg. 84.
Recorded sources : - Rounder CD 7014, Sid Baglole – “Fiddlers of<st1:place>Western Prince Edward Island</st1:place>” (1997). Voyager 310‑S, Gerry Robichaud ‑ "Down East Fiddling." Voyager 316, Vivian Williams and Barbara Lamb‑ "Twin Sisters."
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