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T:Parry Sound Reel
R:Reel
M:2/4
L:1/16
Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne
K:G
Bc|d2b2 a2g2|d4-dcBA|G2B2 d2f2|a4 e4|
e2c'2 c'2e2|f6e2|dedc B2^A2|B6Bc|
d2b2 a2g2|d4-dcBA|G2B2 d2f2|a4 e4|
e2c'2 c'2e2|f6e2|dedc A2B2|G6:|
|:Bc|d2G2 B2Bc|d2G2 B2G2|FGAB cBcd|ed^ce d=cB=c|
d2G2 B2Bc|d2G2 B2G2|FGAB cAFA|G2B2 G2:|
PARRY SOUND, THE. Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. "Parry Sound Reel" was composed by Ontario fiddler Jim Magill (1902-1954). Magill was born in Northern Ireland but moved to Toronto in the 1930's, where he worked for the railroad in the the telegraph department and fronted a band called The Northern Ramblers. Named for Parry Sound [1], a town and body of water on Georgian Bay, Ontario.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Attwood O’Connor (b. 1923, Milltown Cross, South Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources : - Jarman (Jim Magill's Square Dance Tunes), 1952; p. 16.
Messer (Way Down East Fiddlin' Tunes), 1948; No. 33.
Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 534, p. 34.
Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 158.
Sanella (Balance and Swing), 1982.
Songer (Portland Collection, vol. 3), 2015; p. 157.
Recorded sources : - Apex 26406 (78 RPM), Don Messer & His Islanders.
Apex AL 1613, "The Best of Don Messer and his Islanders, vol. 6."
F&W Records 1, "F&W String Band."
Front Hall 010, Bill Spence and Fennig's All Stars – "The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again."
Voyager VRCD 342, Rodney Miller – “Rodney Miller’s All-Round Collection of Jigs, Reels and Country Airs.”
See also listing at :
Hear Don Messer's recording on youtube.com [2]
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