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T:Tuggermen's Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
z|"D"A,2DF2A|dcBA2F|DFA dcB|"A"AFDE2D|
"D"A,2DF2A|dcBA2F|"A"DFG ABc|dAF"D"D2:|
K:A
c/d/|:"A"efec2A|EAca2a|"E"gee bee|b(3g/b/g/e b(3g/b/g/e|
|1"A"efec2A|EAca2a|"E"gfe dcB|"A"[e2A2][eA] [eA]cd:|
|2"A"c2e fec|EAca2a|"E"gfe dcB|"A"[e2A2][eA][e2A]||
TUGGERMEN'S JIG. AKA and see - .. Canadian, Down-East/Maritime. Jig (6/8 time). D Major. AABB (Bayard): AABB’ (Perlman). Perlman (1996) cites the tunes provenance as the Canadian Maritimes. This traditional tune, popularized by Don Messer, has become known all over Canada and Northwestern U.S.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Bradley Grimshaw (northern N.Y., 1958) [Bayard]; Leonard McDonald (b. 1933, Emyvale, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources : - Bayard (Dance to the Music), 1981; No. 571, p. 509. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 133.
Recorded sources : - Apex 26310-A (78 rpm) / 9-26310 (45 rpm) Don Messer "Tuggerman's Jig" (1949). Folkways 8826, Per's Four "Jigs and Reels." RCA Camden CAL-2236, Ned Landry and his New Brunswick Lumberjacks - "Fiddlin' Around" (1968). RCA Victor 56/57-3252 (78/45 rpm), Ned Landry and his New Brunswick Lumberjacks (1956).
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