Annotation:Jenny Bowser
Tune properties and standard notation
JENNY BOWSER. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by James Scott Skinner [1] (1843-1927). The tune has currency among Cape Breton musicians, having been recorded in by the Five MacDonald Fiddlers.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 40.
Recorded sources: CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - "The 'Reel' Thing" (1994). Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton, N.S.) - "In Jig Time!" (1995).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [3]