Annotation:L'Américain et l'Écossais
X:1 T:L'Américain et l'Écossais N:From Joseph Allard, via a tutorial by Courtney Drew (Cookshire-Eaton, Québec) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01g9rLTTgBY Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D DFAB AFAd|DFAF EDCE|DFAB AFAd|1-3faAc ed d2:|4faAc edBc|| |:f2 fd c2ec|(B/c/d) AF GFED|A,DFA DFAd|fadf e2 fg| abaf gfed|edfd edBc|dcdA (B/c/d) AG|1(F/G/F) (E/F/E) D2 (3ABc:|2(F/G/F) (E/F/E) D4||
L'AMÉRICAIN ET L'ÉCOSSAIS. French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAAA'BB. "L'Américain et l'Écossais" (The American and the Scotch) is sourced to the repertoire of Montreal fiddler wikipedia:Joseph_Allard_(fiddler), through his student and admirer Jean Carignan, who recorded it on his LP devoted to music he learned from the older fiddler. Folklorist Carmelle Bégin included the tune in his publication La Musique Traditionelle Pour Violon: Jean Carignan) under the title "Blue eyed Lassie ou l'Amercan et l'Ecossais" identifying it as a version of "Blue Eyed Lassie (1)", which can be found in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883).
