Annotation:Reel de la veuve
X:1 T:Reel de la veuve C:Joseph Allard M:2/4 L:1/16 Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne K:G D2|G2Bd gdBd|cBAB cBce|dBG2 Bddg|ecAF GFEF|! G2Bd gdBd|cBAB cBce|dBG2 Bddg|ecAF G2:|! |:Bd|gfgb agfd|efge dBG2|Bdgb agfd|efga bggf|! gfgb agfd|efga bgga|bgaf gfed|egfa g2:|!
REEL DE LA VEUVE. French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune was recorded by Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947) with guitarist Frank Laforge for Victor records in 1928, and reissued in 1936 on the Bluebird label under Allard's pseudonym, Maxime Toupin. Researcher Jean Duval identifies Allard's "Reel de la veuve" as a version of the reel "Miss Thornton's Reel," and notes that Allard also recorded a "crooked" (asymmetrical) version under the title "Miss Thornton de Tenfant Allard," learned from his father.