Annotation:Joe Drody's Jig
X:1 T:Joe Drody's Jig N:From a 1990 home cassette recording of fiddler Erskine Morris, N:(1913-1997), originally from Douglastown, at the end of the N:Gaspé peninsula. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) Q:"Very Fast" Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A cAce dfed |cAcA B.B2A|cAcA dfed|cABB AA2A| cAcA dfed|cAcA B.B2A|cAcA cfed|cABB A.AAe|| |aece aece|aacA B.BBe|aece dBed|cABB AA2e| aace aace|aacA B.BBe|aece dBed|cA BB A.A2A||
JOE DRODY'S JIG. Canadian, Reel (cut time). Canada, east Gaspé Peninsula. A Major. Standard or AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. Joe Drody (pronounced D-row-dy) was a fiddler from Douglastown, historically a mixed anglo-francophone community at the eastern end of the Gaspé peninsula. The reel was in the repertory of fiddler Erskine Morris (1912-1997), also originally from Douglastown, who recorded in in 1990 on a home cassette. See also "Anthony Brody's Tune," from Joe's son.
