Annotation:Macdougall's Polka

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X:1 T:Macdougall's Polka R:Polka M:4/4 L:1/8 Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne K:A E2|AAEA c2Ac|eece a3e|g2f2 fede|f2e2 edcB| AAEA c2Ac|eece a3e|g2f2 edcB|A2c2 A2:| K:E GA|B2g2 g3B|A2f2 f3e|e2d2 d2A2|c2B2 BAGA| B2g2 g3B|A2f2 f3e|e2d2 a2d2|e4 e2:|



MACDOUGALLS (POLKA), THE. AKA and see "Westville Polka." Canadian, Polka. A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A well-traveled polka melody that appears in a variety of genres. The tune was played by fiddler Ben Guillemette (Sanford, Maine) in John Bishop's movie "New England Fiddles" (1984), and was in the repertoire of Pennsylvania fiddler Jehile Kirkhuff, who called it "Westville Polka."


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Printed sources : - Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 58.

Recorded sources : - Fretless Records 132, "Ron West: Vermont Fiddler." RCA Victor 55-3277, Ned Landry and his New Brunswick Lumberjacks. Victor LCP 1001, Ned Landry and his New Brunswick Lumberjacks - "Bowing the Strings with Ned Landry."




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