Annotation:Original Canadian Hoedown

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ORIGINAL CANADIAN HOEDOWN. Canadian, American; Breakdown. USA, northwestern USA. A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The first strain is the same as the American old-time tune "Little Billy Wilson/Billy Wilson (1)." The key change in the second part is a feature of many Canadian fiddle tunes. Also very similar to the Missouri tune A and E Rag.

Source for notated version: Joe Pancerzewski (1905-1991, northeastern USA), the 'fiddling engineer,' who learned the tune at the Queensland Ballroom, Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1932.

Printed sources: Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; p. 149.

Recorded sources: Voyager VRLP-306, Joe Pancerzewski – "The Fiddling Engineer" (1972). Voyager VRCD-341, "Joe Pancerzewski: Legendary Northwest Fiddler."

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