Annotation:Mrs. Ronald MacDonald's

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 MRS. RONALD MACDONALD’S. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed by Big Ranald MacLellan, a fiddler and blacksmith who came by his sobriquet because he stood six and a half feet tall, and weighed some 270 lbs. He was the father of Cape Breton musicians Donald, Theresa and Marie MacLellan. Burt Feintuch (2004) says he was “legendary for his playing of the old traditional tunes.”  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources: Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou – “Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004).  See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index

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