Annotation:Countess of Dufferin Polka

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COUNTESS OF DUFFERIN POLKA.Western Canada. AABBACC. Key of A (1st part), E (second part), D (3rd part). Composed by Andy DeJarlis. The Countess of Dufferin, built in 1872, wasthe first steam locomotive to operate in the Canadian prairie provinces. It was named after Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Countess of Dufferin, the wife of the Earl of Dufferin, a Governor General of Canada.


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Recorded sources : - London Records EBX 4185 - Andy DeJarlis and His Early Settlers "Travelling West" (1974). John Arcand "A Tribute to Andy DeJarlis" (2011).




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