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GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS [2]. American, "Country Dance" (6/8 time) or Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was at one time a popular jig among Cape Breton fiddlers, although its popularity seems to have diminished considerably.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cape Breton's Magazine, No. 46, 1987; p. 20. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 186, p. 73. Guest (Hundred Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; p. 32. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 31, p. 10.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]




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