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MARBLE HILL [2]. Canadian, March (2/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of the most popular of Dougie MacDonald's compositions. MacDonald was a student of Dan Hughie MacEachern, and friend and sometimes playing partner of Jerry Holland.

Marble Hill

Marble Hill is an elevation on the west shore of Cape Breton, near Port Hood on the Little Mabou Road.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: MacDonald (Cape Breton Fiddler Dougie MacDonald: Fiddle Tunes), 1993.

Recorded sources: Dougie MacDonald - "A Miner" (1998). Nimbus Records, Dougie MacDonald - "Traditional Music from Cape Breton Island" (1993).

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




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