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NORTH SIDE TUNE, THE. Canadian, Set Dance (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Named for the northeast shore of Kings County, Prince Edward Island (where it is also called "Sexton Ring the Bell", a title perhaps of British or Irish origin).

Source for notated version: Stephen Toole (1927-1995, Green River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 150.

Recorded sources: Rounder CD 7014, Elliot Wight - "Eastern Prince Edward Island" (1997. Various artists).




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