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BOIL THE SAP. American, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by New England contra-dance keyboard musician and composer Bob McQuillen (1923-2014, Peterborough, N.H.). The title refers, on the surface, to the process of boiling maple sap to make syrup.

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Printed sources : - McQuillen (Bob's Note Book, #3), 1978. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 11, p. 19.

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