Annotation:Canty Old Man (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
CANTY OLD MAN, THE. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. 'Canty' means jolly or happy in Scottish dialect.
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 204, pg. 79. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 31, p. 33. Welling (Welling's Hartford Tune Book), 1976; p. 18.
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