Annotation:Doucette's Reel
Tune properties and standard notation
DOUCETTE'S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Perlman (1996) says the tune is probably related to the "Bashful Bachelor (2) (The)."
Source for notated version: from fiddler Joseph Doucette (b. 1910, West Prince County, Prince Edward Island) who learned the tune in his childhood from his father Joe Doucette, around 1917 [Perlman].
Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 57.
Recorded sources: