Annotation:West Point Jig

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WEST POINT JIG. AKA and see “Kent County Jig.” Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Perlman (1996) believes this is probably a Cape Breton jig, however, it was once popular throughout Prince Edward Island, especially as a vehicle for the quadrille. Like the "West Point Reel" it may have been named for the coastal Prince County village of West Point. South-eastern New Brunswick musicians call the tune "Kent County Jig," after the east-central county in that province.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Johnny Joe & Foncey Chaisson (b. 1918 & 1929, Souris, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Printed sources : - Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 131.

See also listing at :
Hear versions of the tune played by PEI fiddlers at Bowing Down Home [1]

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