Annotation:Happy Go Lucky
Tune properties and standard notation
HAPPY GO LUCKY. Canadian, Reel or Hornpipe. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A 'double-tonic' tune composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976), according to Cameron. Mark Wilson says it is credited to Donald MacLean.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; p. 18.
Recorded sources: Rounder LP7005, Carl MacKenzie - "Welcome to Your Feet Again" (1976. Appears as first hornpipe of "Robert Cormack, Aberdeen" medley). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Carl MacKenzie (et al) - "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001. Appears as first hornpipe of "Robert Cormack, Aberdeen" medley).