X:1
T:Crazy Jack
S:Joseph Larade (Chéticamp, Cape Breton)
M:4/4
L:1/8
D:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o55Vrjs6M9I
K:D
d2dd dAFA|f2 {g}fe fga2||SB3d BGB-d |g3a (gfe)d|
c2 cc cAce|a4a2 fg|aba(f gf)e2|f2 fgfe|
d2dd dAFA|[A3f3] e fga2|B3d BGB-d |g3a gfed|
c2 cc cAce|aaa2a2 fg|aba(f gf)e2|d4efed||
c2 cc cAce|a2a2 efed|cccc cAce|aaaa efed|
c2 cc cAce|a2 A2B2c2|d3(A BA)FA||f3e fga2S!D.S.!|
P:Joe Cormier's version, via Devon Leger
ABc|d2) d((3d/e/c/ d)AFA||Sf2 {g}fe fga2|B3d BGB-d |g3a gfed|
c2 cc {d}cAce|aaaa a2 fg|aba(f gf)e2|f3f fgfe|
d2dd dAFA|f2{g}fe fga2|B3d BGB-d |g3a gfed|-
c2 cc cAce|a3a a2z2 |zAGA B2c2|d3d efed-||
c2 cc {d}cAce|a2a2 efed-|cc.vc2 zvAce|a2a2efed|
cc.vc2 zvAce|a2a2efed|c2 .vc2 zvAce|a2 A2B2c2|d3 A B-AFA!D.S.!S||
CRAZY JACK. AKA and see "Lord Alexander's Reel." Canadian, Reel (cut time). Canada, Cape Breton (Acadian). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Crazy Jack" was an untitled tune in the repertoires of several Acadian fiddlers from Cape Breton Island, including Joseph Larade, Joe Cormier (Chéticamp, north Cape Breton), and Joe Confiant. However, the melody is a version of the 20th century 'Down East' tune called "Lord Alexander's Reel," composed as a 'straight' (regular eight-bar measures) dance tune by Abbie Andrews of St. Catharine's, Ontario.
Additional notes
Recorded sources : - Field Recorders Collective FRC Joe Cormier - "Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 2: A Musical Melting Pot" (2023, various artists).
See also listing at :
See/hear the tune played by Devon Leger at youtube.com [1]
Hear Joe Cormier's version at Bandcamp [2] (2nd tune in medley, following "Cottonwood Reel").
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