Annotation:Gigue du vieux fermier

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X:1 T:Gigue du vieux fermier T:Old Farmer's Jig (The) N:From the playing of fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947, Montreal). M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Victor 263921-A (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (c. 1933) D:https://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13204.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C GF|ECEG cege|fdec {d}cBAG|FAFA EGEG|DEFG FEDC| ECEG cege|fdec {d}cBAG|cece fdBd|c2[E2c2]c2:| |:G2|cece BdBd|ABcA GECE|FAFA EGEG|DEFG FEDC| ECEG cege|fdec {d}cBAG|cece fdBd|c2[E2c2]c2:|



GIGUE DU VIEUX FERMIER (Old Farmer's Jig, The). AKA and see "Liverpool Hornpipe (1)," "Reel des régates." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Gigue de vieux fermier" is Montréal fiddler Joseph Allard's version of the venerable English tune "Liverpool Hornpipe (1)." Allard recorded another version of the tune for Victor the same year as "Reel des Régates" [1] .


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Demers (1000 airs du Québec et de l'Amérique francophone), 2020; p. 97. Jean Duval (La Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 94, p. 45.

Recorded sources : -
Victor 263921a (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1933)



See also listing at :
Hear Joseph Allard's 1933 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [https://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13204.mp3]



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  1. Information from the note for the tune by Jean Duval, La Musique de Joseph Allard 1873-1947, 2018, p. 77.