X:1
T:Tennessee Two-Step
N:From the playing of fiddler Sidney Baglole (1912-1997), Charlottetown,
N:Prince Edward Island, who played in the West Prince style.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Two-Step
Q:"Quick"
D:https://bowingdownhome.ca/islandora/object/bdh%3A226
Z:Andrew Kuntz
K:G
Bc|dgBg B>B cB|AfAf A2ff/f/|fedB c2A_B|=B2 BB/B/ BABc|
dgBg B>B cB|AfAf A2ff/f/|fedB cc/c/ Bd Ad|G4-G||
B dg|b2d2g2B2|c>d cB A3e| fedB c>cA_B|=B4-BBdg|
b2d2g2B2|c>d cB A3e| fedB cc/c/ Bd Ad|G6||
TENNESSEE TWO-STEP, THE. Canadian, Two-Step (cut time). Canada, Maritime Provinces. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB, AA'BB'. The tune was in the repertoire of several older fiddlers on Prince Edward Island when Ken Perlman was collecting in the 1990's. The origins of the tune are, so far, obscure, but it is played throughout the Canadian Maritimes.
There are other tunes that are called "Tennessee Two-Step"[1]
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Johnny Morrissey (1913-1994, Newtown Cross (late of Vernon River), Queens County; Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources : - Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 150.
See also listing at : Hear PEI fiddler Sidney Baglole (1912-1997) play the tune at Bowing Down Home [1]
Hear PEI fiddler Fenner Myers (1941-2010) play the tune at Bowing Down Home [2]
↑Another tune by the name was recorded by Schroeder's Playboys; From Dash recordings; rec 1957; [2504A], and can be heard at the Loyd Shaw Foundation website [ http://www.lloydshaw.org/catalogue.html]
