Annotation:Drunken Piper (1)

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 DRUNKEN PIPER [1], THE. English, Reel: Scottish, Canadian; March (2/4 time). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian (Kennedy, Raven): A Minor (Martin): A Mixolydian (Perlman). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Kennedy, Raven): AABB' (Martin, Perlman). The tune is a standard among many Cape Breton fiddlers and pipers.  Source for notated version: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald (b. 1904, Selkirk, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resides in Souris) [Perlman].  Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; p. 21. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; p. 23. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 82. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 151.  Recorded sources: Regal-Zonophone 78 RPM MR1388, Jimmy Shand.  See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Index.

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