Annotation:Scotty Fitzgerald's Jig

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SCOTTY FITZGERALD’S JIG. Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Cape Breton/Ontario fiddler Sandy MacIntyre in 1962, for his friend Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald [1] (1914-1987). Paul Cranford says the tune is a popular set tune at local Cape Breton dances. See also another MacIntyre composition for Fitzgerald, "Winston Fitzgerald's Jig."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources : - Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 180, p. 71.

Recorded sources: -Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster – “My Roots are Showing” (2000).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]

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