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RETURN FROM INDIA, THE. Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'B (Kerr): ABB (Shears): AABB' (Phillips). The tune was in the repertoire of the Cape Breton Symphony.

Source for notated version: Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 19, p. 6. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; Set 10, No. 4, p. 8. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 198. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; p. 44 (pipe setting).

Recorded sources: Brownrigg Productions BRG GMI 001, "The Cape Breton Symphony vol. 1" (1976). Glencoe 001, “The Cape Breton Symphony” (1976). Rounder Records 7008, “Jerry Holland” (1976). Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster – “My Roots are Showing” (2000).

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




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