Annotation:Miss Christy Nicholson
X:1 T:Miss Christy Nicholson M:C L:1/16 C:Ronald MacLellan R:Strathspey B:Gordon F. MacQuarrie – The Cape Breton Collection of Scottish Melodies (1940, p. 29) K:Bb d2|BB,3B,3G B3c{e}d3c|BF3F3d c3CC3d|BB,3B,3G B3c{e}d3c|B3GF3D B,B,B,2 B,4:| d2|f3gf3d B3c{e}d3B|f3Bd3f gc3c3d|f3g{a}f3d c3f{e}d3c|B3GF3D B,B,B,2 B,2d2| f3gf3d B3c{e}d3B|f3Bd3f gc3c3d|f3gd3f c3B{e}d3c|B3GF3D B,B,B,2 B,4||
MISS CHRISTY NICHOLSON. Canadian, Strathspey (while time). Canada, Cape Breton. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler Ronald MacLellan (1918–2004), who was one of the most famous exponents of old-style Cape Breton fiddling. He came from a musical family: his sister Theresa MacLellan is also a renowned Cape Breton musician, and his father Big Donald MacLellan was similarly influential among fiddlers of his generation (such as Dan R. MacDonald, Bill Lamey and Donald Angus Beaton).
