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PRINCESS FLORENCE'S JIG. Cape Breton, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Mabou Coal Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, blacksmith and fiddler Donald Angus Beaton (1912-1981).

Donald Angus Beaton



Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: DAB1985, Donald Angus Beaton – “A Musical Legacy” (1985). Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). Caladh Nua – “Honest to Goodness” (2014).

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




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