Annotation:Island Ferry
X:1 T:Island Ferry C:Lionel Poirier M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Corfield - "Tunes from New Brunswick" (2024, p. 60) D:Rounder Records 7016, Gerry & Bobby Robichaud - "The Slippery Stick" (1995) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz from Gerry Robichaud's 1995 recording K:F fg|:Safcf Acfg|afcf Afdc|BdFB DFBd|fBdf Bagf| e[ce] [c/e/][c/e/][ce] [c2e2] [c2e2] |cdef gbeg |fefa gbeg |1fefa {a}g-efg:|2fage fdcB|| AFcF dF[F2c2]|agfa gecB|AFcF dFBB|G_EBE cEEB| AFcF dFF2|agfa gfed|(c/d/c) eg bgeg|1fage fdcB:|2 fage (f/g/f) fgS||
ISLAND FERRY. Canadian, Reel or Hornpipe (2/4, cut or whole time). Canada, New Brunswick. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Moncton, New Brunswick, area fiddler Lionel Poirier (1934-1970), named after the ferry that links Nova Scotia with Prince Edward Island. Poirier played with numerous groups in the late 1940's and 1950's, and had a stint with Don Messer's Jubilee on CBC from Halifax. Later he joined the "Maritime Farmers" television show on CHSJ, where he stayed for a number of years.
