Annotation:Happy Go Lucky Clog (The)

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HAPPY GO LUCKY CLOG, THE. Canadian, Clog. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by Northside (Cape Breton County), Cape Breton, Sydney Mines railway operator and fiddler Donald MacLean. It was one of Angus Chisholm's "pet tunes" according to Paul Stewart Cranford (1995). The melody has also been attributed to the prolific Cape Breton composer Dan R. MacDonald (see "Happy Go Lucky").

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection), 1995; No. 145, p. 42.

Recorded sources: -Rounder Records 7052, Buddy MacMaster - "The Cape Breton Tradition" (2003).



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