Annotation:Carrickfergus (3)
Tune properties and standard notation
CARRICKFERGUS [4]. AKA and see "Patrick's Pot." Canadian(?), Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded by Cape Breton fiddler Donald MacLellan on 78 RPM disc. The alternate title "Patrick's Pot" comes from the name of the tune in Elizabeth Burchenal's Rinnci na h-Éireann (1925).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 251, p. 91.
Recorded sources: Jerry Holland - "Master Cape Breton Fiddler" (1982). Mac Morin - "Mac Morin" See also listings at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]