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X:1 T:David's Jig C:Matilda Murdoch M:6/8 L:1/8 K:D A|A,DD B,DD|A,DD FGA|AcB AFD|EFE EDB,| A,DD B,DD|A,DD FGA|BdB AFD|EFE D2:| |:(3A/B/c/|ded cBA|BdB AFE|DCD EDE|FDB, B,2(3A/B/c/| ded cBA|BdB AFD|DCD EDE|FDD D2:|


DAVID'S JIG. Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada, New Brunswick. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Matilda Murdoch of Miramichi, New Brunswick. She has been called 'Queen of the Down East Fiddle,' and has been honored as a lifelong performer, composer and teacher of traditional 'down east' fiddle.


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Printed sources : - Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 143, p. 91.

Recorded sources : - MCA 7008, Don Messer and His Islanders - "The Everlasting Don Messer and His Islanders" (1970). Voyager VRLP 310-S, Gerry Robichaud - "Down East Fiddling" (1973).

See also listing at :
See/hear Devon Leger's tutorial at youtube.com [1]
See/hear Matilda Murdoch play the tune on her documentary at youtube.com [2]

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