Annotation:Old Boar (The)

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OLD BOAR, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). A 'double-tonic' tune composed by luthier, fiddler and composer Otis Tomas (Goose Cove, St. Ann's Bay, Cape Breton).

A London tavern sign.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cook (Night in the Kitchen Collection), 1996; p. 17. Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection), 1995; No. 156, p. 45.

Recorded sources: Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland - "Fathers and Sons" (1992). Green Linnett, Jerry Holland - "The Fiddlesticks Collection" (1995).

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

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