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GLENCOE MARATHON. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD'EE'. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) to commemorate the summer dances at Glencoe Mills, Cape Breton: "usually played by Buddy MacMaster, some reel sets go on as long as 20 minutes" (Cranford).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland's), 1995; No. 26, p. 8.

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