Annotation:Daisy's Jig

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DAISY'S JIG. AKA and see "Cape Breton Favorite," "Farmer's Jamboree." Canadian, Jig. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Martimes. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Perlman (1996) notes that Bangor, Kings County, PEI, fiddler Hector MacDonald often played this tune on radio broadcasts during the 1930's and 1940's. See note for "Cape Breton Favorite" for more.

Source for notated version: Stephen Toole (1927-1995, Green Road, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 124.

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