Annotation:Dusty Miller (5)

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DUSTY MILLER [5], THE. AKA and see "Miller's Reel (1)." American, Canadian; Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Bégin). This version is better known as "Miller's Reel;" the "Dusty Miller" title is a floater.

Source for notated version: fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin]; Hogg (Pa., 1948) [Bayard].

Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 135, p. 74. Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 6, pg. 20. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 45. Jarman and Hansen (Old Time Dance Tunes), 1951; p. 10. Jigs and Reels, vol. 1, 1908; p. 22. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 13. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 33, p. 28. O'Malley & Atwood (Seventy Good Old Dances), 1919; p. 14. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883 (as "Miller's Reel").

Recorded sources: MCA Records MCAD 4037, "The Very Best of Don Messer" (1994).