X:1
T:Tupper's Defeat
C:James Barry
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:”June 23rd 1896.”
B: James Barry music manuscript collection (No. 23, p. 12)
N: Barry (1819-1905) was a miller and fiddler who lived at
N:Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
F:
https://jamesbarrymusic.ca
K:Bb
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TUPPER'S DEFEAT. Canadian, Reel (cut time). Canada, Nova Scotia. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Tupper's Defeat" was composed by dairy farmer, miller, fiddler and sometime book binder James Barry (1812-1905) of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
