Annotation:New Bedford Reel (2)
X:1 T:New Bedford Reel [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Starr 16341-B (78 RPM), J.O. La Madeleine (1940) Z:Transcribed by Jean Duval K:G gf|efed BcdB|A2 AG AcBA|GDGA BcdB|eAAA A2gf| efed BcdB|A2 AG AcBA|GDGA BcdB|BGGG G2:| |:dc|BGBd g2 fg|ag (3fgf edBd|g2 (3fgf edBd|eAee e2 fg| Agfa gedB|A2 AG AcBA|GDGA Bcdc|1BGGG G2:|2 BGGG G2 B2|| g2 bg f2 af|edef edBd|dedB Acde|fdef edBd| g2 bg f2 af|edef edBd|dedB Acde|1 fgaf gdef:|2 fgaf g2 (3fgf||
NEW BEDFORD REEL [2]. AKA - "Reel New Bedford." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC'. La Madeleine's "Reel New Bedford," recorded in Montreal in 1940, is a pastiche of two Irish reels: two strains of "Little Stack of Barley (1)" to which he added the first strain of "Green Fields of America (The)."