Annotation:Miss Jessie Smith
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MISS JESSIE SMITH. AKA – "Jessie Smith." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears in Joseph Lowe’s mid-19th century collection. The tune is a Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, standard among fiddlers and is commonly heard in Scottish sessions as well. Lowe (1797–1847), from Marykirk, was a musician and dancing master, the son of fiddler-composer John Lowe ("Rachel Rae").
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4, 1844–1845; p. 8.
Recorded sources:
CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac – “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
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