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FONCEY'S TUNE. Canadian, Two-Step. Canada, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Perlman (1996) believes the tune was converted from a popular song.

Source for notated version: Johnny Joe and Foncey Chaisson (b. 1918 & 1929, North-East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 163.

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