Black Hoe (The)

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Theme code Index	1H3 11 1H3 16
Also known as	Castlebar Jig (The), Castlelan Races, Morrison's Fancy, Rakes of Castlebar (The), Thrush in the Strand (The), Thrush in the Straw (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	Canada/Maritimes (English)"Canada/Maritimes (English)" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Kate Dunlay & David Reich
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton
Tune and/or Page number	No. 81, p. 77
Year of publication/Date of MS	1986
Artist	Biography:Beatons of Mabou (The)
Title of recording	Beatons of Mabou (The): Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder 7011
Year recorded	1978
Media
Score ()

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BLACK HOE, THE. See "The Castlebar Jig," "Castlelan Races," "Morrison's Fancy," "The Rakes of Castlebar," "The Thrush in the Strand, "Thrush in the Straw [1]." Canadian, Jig. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Kate Dunlay (1986, 1996) states that this jig is very likely of Irish origin and that Paul Cranford found a variant entitled "Morrisson's Fancy" in O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody. Perlman (1996) gives its origin as "Irish."

Source for notated version: Reuben Smith (b. 1931, Blooming Point, Queen's County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; p. 120. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; No. 81, p. 77. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 130. Shears (The Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; p. 65.

Recorded sources: DAB4-1985, Donald Angus Beaton -"A Musical Legacy" (1985). JC 126, John Campbell - "Cape Breton on the Floor" (1981). Cape Breton Magazine's Tape - Mike MacDougall. Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music of Cape Breton" (1978). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac - "That's What You Get" (1998?).

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