Annotation:Caribou Reel

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CARIBOU REEL. Canadian, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Woodridge, Manitoba, Métis fiddler Andy DeJarlis (1914-1975). The version in Songer's 1997 book, current among Portland, Oregon, contra dance musicians, is slightly distanced from the original (which appears in the Appendix).

Source for notated version: Kevin Carr (California) [Songer].

Printed sources: DeJarlis (Canadian fiddle tunes from the Red River Valley vol. 1), 1958. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 46.

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