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X:1 T:Green Mountain Boy [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig C:Michael Higgins B:Original Dances, Waltzes & Hornpipes for the Violin (1829, p. 7) B:Composed by M. Higgins. New York. Published by Firth & Hall, 1 Franklin Sq. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D FG|A2A FAd|f2f dFA|GFG Eec|dfe dFG| A2A FAd|f2f dFG|GFG Eec|dfe d2:| |:f|gfg eag|fdA FAd|cAe cAe|dAf d2f| gfg eag|fdA FAd|cAe cAe|dfe d2!D.C.!:|]


GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS [2]. American, "Country Dance" (6/8 time) or Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The jig is a composition of Michael Higgins (as "Green Mountain Boy" i.e. singular), who published his Original Dances, Waltzes & Hornpipes for the Violin in New York in 1829. Unfortunately, nothing is known about him. The tune was at one time a popular jig among Cape Breton fiddlers, perhaps picked up in one of the New York music publishing firm of Harding & Co., although its popularity seems to have diminished considerably on the island.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Winston Fitzgerald (1914–1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources : - Cape Breton's Magazine, No. 46, 1987; p. 20. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes), 1997; No. 186, p. 73. Guest (Hundred Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; p. 32. Harding's All Round Collection, 1905; No. 31, p. 10. Higgins (Original Dances, Waltzes & Hornpipes for the Violin), 1829; p. 7.



See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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