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LITTLE BETTY. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed October 15th, 1953, by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976) and dedicated to Betty Lou MacMaster of Judique, Cape Breton. MacMaster is the wife of Kinnon Beaton and is a well-known Cape Breton piano player (aunt of Natalie MacMaster).

Dan R. MacDonald



Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; p. 54.

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