Annotation:Cobbler's Reel (3)
X:1 T:Reel du cordonnier (Le) T:Cobbler's Reel (3) M:2/4 L:1/8 K:D f/d/c/d/ g/e/c/e/|f/d/A/F/ D/F/A/d/|...
COBBLER'S REEL [3] (Le Reel du Cordonnier). AKA - "The Shoemaker's Reel." French-Canadian, Reel. Canada; Gaspé region, Québec. D Major (Remon & Bouchard). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBB' (Remon & Bouchard). A 'crooked' tune learned by Remon & Bouchard in the Gaspé, albeit without a name. They called it "Le reel du cordonnier", as they were on tour with an ur-group that later became La Bottine Souriante (The Smiling Boot). In Québec the second part is usually played three times rather than two. Maritime fiddler Don Messer played a version of the tune called "Spud Island Breakdown," composed by Cec McEachern.
