Annotation:Clear the Track

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CLEAR THE TRACK. American (originally), Canadian; Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Can be used as a Clog." Paul Cranford notes that this tune was recorded in the 1930's by the Inverness Serenaders and by Antigonish, Cape Breton, fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 116. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; p. 5. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 153.

Recorded sources: Rounder CD7108, Frank Ferrel - "Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition." Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland - "Parlor Music" (2005).

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