Annotation:Johnny's Jig
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JOHNNY'S JIG. Canadian, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by John Fraser. Perlman (1996) identifies this as a Cape Breton tune (??).
Source for notated version: Connie Gallant (b. early 1920's, St. Charles, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Naufrage) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 152, p. 101. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 123.
Recorded sources: Apex 26429 (78 RPM), Don Messer (1957).
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