Annotation:Paddy Carrey's Ship

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PADDY CARREY’S SHIP. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Prince Edward Island. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is a hybrid, finds Perlman (1996), of the ‘A’ part of “Paddy Carey's Fortune” and the ‘B’ part of “New Rigged Ship (1) (The).”

Source for notated version: Merlin Quinn (b. 1929, Cardross, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island) 1996; p. 146.

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