Annotation:Nine Pint Coggie (2)

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X:1 T:Nine Pint Coggie [2], The M:C L:1/8 N:"Very Old" B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 4 (1844–1845, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin F|E/E/E EF E2 DB|(AF)ED FAAd|BdAB defe|dD D/D/D FEE:| F|Eeef e2 de|f2 ed Bdde|Beef edef|afed e/e/e ef| abaf defe|dBAF ABde|faef deBe|dD D/D/D FEE||


NINE PINT COGGIE [2], THE. Scottish, Reel. E Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (most versions). "Very old" (Skye). The tune was recorded by Cape Breton fiddler Bill Lamey on a 78 RPM disc[1]. See also the cognate Irish reel "Nine Points of Knavery (The)."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Emmett Hughes (b. 1920, Dromore, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Printed sources : - Little (Scottish and Cape Breton Fiddle Music in New Hampshire), 1984; p. 6. Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4), 1844–1845; p. 17. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 184. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 110. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 249. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 132.

Recorded sources : - Culburnie Records CUL 102, Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher – "The Driven Bow" (1988). Wildcat Records WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin – "Ronan Martin" (2008).

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

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  1. ↑ Bill Lamey also recorded "Nine Pint Coggie (1) (The)" on his recording "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000).
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