Annotation:John Dan MacPherson's Jig

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 JOHN DAN MACPHERSON'S JIG. Canadian, Jig. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Dunlay & Reich (1986) note that according to Buddy MacMaster the tune was played in Cape Breton as long ago as the 1830's.  Sources for notated versions: Stephen Toole (1927-1995, Green Road, Queen's County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Buddy MacMaster (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Reich].  Printed sources: Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; No. 82, p. 77 (appears as untitled jig). Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 127.  Recorded sources:

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