Annotation:Fat Molasses
X:1 T:Fat Molasses 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. N:See also the variant "Le Brandy de Kedgwick (2)" M:3/2 L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Very Fast" Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A (efe)d cABA cEE2 |EAcA dc-BA cAcA|EAcA dB/4B/4B/ B-A c-AE2|EAcA dB{c}BA cAcA| EAcA dB{c}BA cA E2|EAcA dB{c}BA cAce|eece dB{c}BA cAE2|Se>fed cABA ceeE| E2e>d cABA ceA[Ae]|e<fed cABA cefg|aaed cABA cefg|afed cABA ceeE| [A,2E2]e>d cABA cezE|[A,2E2]ed cABA cAE2|e<fed cABA cefg|aaed cABA cefg| afed cABA cA E2|EAcA dB{c}BA cAcA|EAcA dB{c}BA cA E2|EAcA dB{c}BA cAce| eece dB{c}BA cAE2|ccec dB{c}BA cAce|Aece dB{c}BA cA E2|AAcA dB{c}BA cAce| ceAe dB{c}BA cA E2S||
FAT MOLASSES. AKA and see "Brandy de Kedgwick (2) (Le)," "Reel de Windsor Mills." Canada, Brandy (3/2 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Fat Molasses" was fiddler Erskine Morris's name for the tune that is elsewhere known as "Brandy de Kedgwick (2) (Le)." Morris (1913-1997) was from the mixed anglophone-francophone community of Douglastown on the tip of the Gaspé peninsula, and had a rich and varied repertory that came from a variety of sources. "Fat Molasses" is also related to "Casse Reel (Le)."
