Clear the Track

 CLEAR THE TRACK. American (originally), Canadian; Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Can be used as a Clog." Paul Cranford notes that this tune was recorded in the 1930's by the Inverness Serenaders and by Antigonish, Cape Breton, fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 116. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; p. 5. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 153. Rounder CD7108, Frank Ferrel - "Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition." Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland - "Parlor Music" (2005).

X:1 T:Clear the Track M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb (B,>.D)(F>.B) d>fb>f | d>fB>d F>BD>F | C>FA>c e>cA>c | B>dc>B A>FE>C | B,>DF>B d>fb>f | d>fB>d F>BD>F | C>FA>c e>cA>c | B2d2B2z2 :|
 * f2 | (a>.g)(e>.c) A>cf>a | b>fd>B F>Bd>f | g>ec>g f>dB>f | e>cd>B A>FA>c | a>ge>c A>cf>a | b>fd>B F>Bd>f | g>ab>g f>bA>c |1 B2d2B2 :|2 B2d2B2 z2 ||