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MALLARD, THE. Scottish, Canadian; Clog. Canada, Cape Breton. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was composed in 1926 by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972), dedicated to E. Calder, Aberdeen.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 18, p. 7. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.

Recorded sources: Mac Morin - "Mac Morin" (2003).

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




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