Annotation:Dungarvon Whooper
X:1 T:Dungarvon Whooper C:Joe McGinnis M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Peter Corfield - "Tunes from New Brunswick" (2024, p. 34) K:G |:G,B,DG BAGF|....
DUNGARVAN WHOOPER. Canadian, Reel (whole time). Canada, New Brunswick. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. According to Peter Corfield the title "Dungarvan Whooper" refers to a 19th century folktale that took place in a lumber camp near Miramichi, New Brunswick. The composition is credited to Joe McGinnis, however, Corfield notes the only source for the tune is from a c. 1980's recording made at the Fiddle-Doo event in Sussex, New Brunswick.
