Donald Angus Beaton (1912-1981)ANN MACQUARRIE REEL. Canadian, Reel (cut time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Mixoldyian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Mabou, Cape Breton, fiddler Donald Angus Beaton (1912–1981). It is a popular reel on Cape Breton, and frequently recorded.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Paul MacDonald (b. 1974, Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources : - Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 91.
Recorded sources : - Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). Frank Ferrel - "Maritime Melodies" (2012. 6th tune in "John Campbell's Big Set").
See also listing at : Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
Hear Cynthia MacLeod's recording of the tune at the Celtic Music Center [2]