Annotation:Joan MacDonald
Tune properties and standard notation
JOAN MACDONALD. AKA - "Miss Joan MacDonald." Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Dan R. MacDonald for Joan MacDonald, who, like Dan R., was a member of The Five MacDonald Fiddlers. Joan was the pianist for the group. She married, and became known as Joan MacDonald Boes.
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Recorded sources: Willie Kennedy - "Cape Breton Violin." Shanachie 14001, "The Early Recordings of Angus Chisholm" (Cape Breton).