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X:1 T:Texas Quickstep [2] C:Jim Magill M:C| L:1/8 B:Jarman - Cornhusker's Book of Square Dance Tunes (1944, p. 8) K:D ag|:fdfa gfgb|g^gaf d3f|edef gecA|dcdf gbag| fdfa gfgb|a^gaf d3f|edef gecA|1d2f2d2ag:|2 d2f2d2 AG|| FDFA dedc|BGBd g3f|edef gecA|dedB ABAG| FDFA dedc |BGBd g3f|edef gecA|1d2f2d2 AG:|2 d2f2d2z2||

TEXAS QUICKSTEP [2]. Canadian, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Related to "Texas Quickstep (1)", but more of a reel. The composition of “Texas Quickstep [2]” is credited to Canadian fiddler Jim Magill by publisher Harry Jarman. Canadian radio and TV fiddler and entertainer Don Messer and his band played the tune on live TV in the 1960’s^[1]. A close relative, an untitled lancers tune collected from a Prince Edward Island, appears in Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle, 1981, Appendix No. 5, p. 574). Another tune called "Elk's Festival (The)" is similar.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Harry Jarman (The Cornhuskers Book of Square Dance Tunes), 1944; p. 8.

Recorded sources : - London 16064 (78 RPM), Jim Magill & Northern Ramblers (). Don Messer - "Live TV."

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↑ "Don Messer's Jubilee" ran 1958-1969 on the CBC TV network.

[1] "Don Messer's Jubilee" ran 1958-1969 on the CBC TV network.

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