Black Hoe (The)

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 Theme code Index    1H311 1H316
 Also known as    Castlebar Jig (The), Castlelan Races, Morrison's Fancy, Rakes of Castlebar (The), Thrush in the Strand (The), Thrush in the Straw (1)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland, Canada
 Genre/Style    Cape Breton/PEI, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    Canada/Maritimes (English)"Canada/Maritimes (English)" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Kate Dunlay & David Reich
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 81, p. 77
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1986
 Artist    Biography:Beatons of Mabou (The)
 Title of recording    Beatons of Mabou (The): Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Rounder 7011
 Year recorded    1978
 Media    
 Score   ()   


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BLACK HOE, THE. See "The Castlebar Jig," "Castlelan Races," "Morrison's Fancy," "The Rakes of Castlebar," "The Thrush in the Strand, "Thrush in the Straw [1]." Canadian, Jig. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Kate Dunlay (1986, 1996) states that this jig is very likely of Irish origin and that Paul Cranford found a variant entitled "Morrisson's Fancy" in O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody. Perlman (1996) gives its origin as "Irish."

Source for notated version: Reuben Smith (b. 1931, Blooming Point, Queen's County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; p. 120. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; No. 81, p. 77. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 130. Shears (The Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; p. 65.

Recorded sources: DAB4-1985, Donald Angus Beaton -"A Musical Legacy" (1985). JC 126, John Campbell - "Cape Breton on the Floor" (1981). Cape Breton Magazine's Tape - Mike MacDougall. Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music of Cape Breton" (1978). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac - "That's What You Get" (1998?).

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