Annotation:Little Pot of Shamrocks
X:1 T:Little Pot of Shamrocks T:Valcartier, Quebec Waltz R:Waltz M:3/4 L:1/4 S:Lisa Ornstein, Corrigan Family H:An unknown musician played it at Cinq à Sept, the French-Canadian jam H:at Northern Week at Ashokan in 1998. Eric Favreau identified it several years H:later as coming from the Irish community in Valcartier. Finally at Northern H:Week 2010 Lisa Ornstein identified it by name, verified its origin, including H:connections with the Corrigan family. Z:tunes.nhcountrydance.com K:D DE|F2 F | {FG}FED | A2 B | {AB}AFD | EFE | D2C | {C}D3- | D2A |B3 | G2B | {B}d3- | dcB | A2F | F>ED | {D}(E3 | E2)A ||B3 | G2B | {B}d3-|dcB |A<dD|F>ED |{D}(E3 | E)DE |F2 F | {FG}FED | A2 B | {AB}AFD | EFE | D2C | D3- | D |]
LITTLE POT OF SHAMROCKS. AKA - "Valcartier Waltz". Canadian, Waltz. Canada, Quebec (Valcartier). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The waltz, which is similar to (and perhaps a variant of) "Rosin the Beau", is associated with the Corrigan family of the Valcartier, Quebec, region, where Irish immigrants settled and mixed in with the French population.
