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X:1440 T:Antigonish Polka No. 1 S:Bill Spence with Fennig's All-Stars, "Fennigmania," Front Hall Records S:FHR-024, 1981. S:Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald, "A Selection Of New Jigs, Reels, Strathspeys, Hornpipes S:And Waltzes." Rodeo Records SCX5-59. N:The Antigonish Polka medley was brought to Fennig's by George Wilson, who N:learned them from a recording of Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald. M:2/4 L:1/16 R:Polka G:Couples Dances ~ Polkas ~ Canadian ~ LRB H:From the Lamprey River Band Tunebook, a part of the NH Country Dance H:website. K:D FG |"D" A2f2 fedB | A2AB AGFG | d2cd b2a2 | "A7" gfga gfed | c2cc cBAB | "D" d2dc defg | "A7" a2^ga b2c2 | "D" d6 :| |: FG |\ "D" A2^GA Bcde | f6 AA | A2AA BAFA | f4 fagf | "A7" eagf edcB | Aagf edcB | A2AA BAFA | "D" d6 :|


ANTIGONISH POLKA [1]. AKA - "Polka Number Three." Canadian, Polka (2/4 time). Canada; New Brunswick, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to the town of Antigonish in Nova Scotia. The polka was composed by Jim MacDonald of Lanark, Nova Scotia, and first recorded by fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald of Antigonish in 1935[1] accompanied on accordion by Bess Siddal MacDonald[2]. The pair of polkas, originally titled "Polka Number Three" but long known as "Antigonish 1 & 2", were popularized by Cape Breton fiddler Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald, and were also recorded by Don Messer and Ned Landry.


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Printed sources : - Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 6. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 209, p. 82.

Recorded sources : - Celtic 013-A (78 RPM), Hugh A. MacDonald (1935, as "Polka Number Three"). Front Hall FHR-024, Fennig's All-Star String Band - "Fennigmania" (1980. Learned from a recording by Cape Breton fiddler Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald, who himself learned the tune from a 78 RPM disc by Antigonish fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald). Frank Ferrel - "Maritime Melodies" (2012.

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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  1. ↑ MacDonald recorded just seven sides for Bernie MacIsaac's Celtic label of Antiginish, all in 1935.
  2. ↑ Bess backed up a number of Cape Breton and Nova Scotia 78 RPM recording artists on accordion and piano, including Colin Boyd, Angus Chisholm, Dan J. Campbell, Angus Allan Gillis, as well as MacDonald.
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