Annotation:Scarlet Clog (The)

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SCARLET CLOG, THE. AKA - “Tom's E-Flat Clog," "Tommy’s E Flat Clog.” Canadian, Clog (cut time). Canada, Nova Scotia. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded as “Tommy’s E Flat Clog” by the Irish group Moving Clouds, who learned it from Nova Scotia/Boston fiddler Tom Doucet's 1975 recording "The Down East Star."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) who may have learned the tune from Tommy Doucette (1902 – c. 1992, Digby, Nova Scotia, and Boston) [Cranford].

Printed sources : - Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 38, p. 14.

Recorded sources: - Fiddler Records FRLP-001, Tom Doucet - "The Down East Star" (1975. Appears as "Tom's E-Flat Clog", paired with "Banks"). Green Linnet Records GLCD 1150,, "Moving Cloud" (1995, appears as "Tommy's E Flat Clog"). Tom Doucet - "The Down East Star" (appears as "Tommy's E Flat Clog"). Joe and J.P. Cormier - "Velvet Arm, Golden Hand."

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