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IGGIE AND SQUIGGIE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the late Inverness, Cape Breton, fiddler Jerry Holland (1955-2009), named for the nickname applied to two girls who were avid fans of the musicians playing local dances were Jerry Holland, Dave MacIsaac and John Morris Rankin were playing.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection), 1995; No. 125, p. 36. Songer & Curley (The Portland Collection, vol. 2), 2005; p. 91.

Recorded sources: Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland - "A Session with Jerry Holland" (1990). Wildcat Records WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin - "Ronan Martin" (2008).

See also listings at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]




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