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X:1443 T:Antigonish Polka No. 2 S:Bill Spence with Fennig's All-Stars, "Fennigmania," Front Hall Records S:FHR-024, 1981. S:Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald, "A Selection Of New Jigs, Reels, Strathspeys, Hornpipes S:And Waltzes." Rodeo Records SCX5-59. N:The Antigonish Polka medley was brought to Fennig's by George Wilson, who N:learned them from a recording of Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald. M:2/4 L:1/16 R:Polka H:From the Lamprey River Band Tunebook, a part of the NH Country Dance H:website. K:D g4 ||:\ "D" fgab a2d2 | "A" d2c2 cBc2 | a2c2 cBcb | "D" a2d2 dcde | fgab a2d2 | "A" d2c2 cBc2 |1 a2ab agfe | "D" d6 g2 :|2 a2 zb agfe | "D" d2 z2 "D7" =c4 || K:G |: "G" Bc^cd e2B2 | "D7" d2c2 cBc2 | e2c2 f3d | "G" e2d2 d^cd=c |B2g2 gfgd | "C" A2e2 ede2 | "D7" defe dcBA |1 "G" G2D2 G2c2 :|2\ "G" G2 z2 g4 |]["Final Ending" "G" G2D2 G4 |]

ANTIGONISH POLKA [2]. Canadian, Polka (2/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). The second in a set of polkas popularized by Cape Breton fiddler Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources : - Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 210, p. 82.

Recorded sources : - Front Hall FHR-024, Fennig's All-Star String Band – "Fennigmania" (1980. Learned from a recording by Cape Breton fiddler Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald, who himself learned the tune from a 78 RPM disc by Antigonish fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald). Frank Ferrel - "Maritime Melodies" (2012).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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