Annotation:Reel (122)
X:1 T:Reel (122) N:From a 1990 home cassette recording of fiddler Erskine Morris, N:(1913-1997), originally from Douglastown, at the end of the N:Gaspé peninsula. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D ag|fdfd Add2|fgaf d2ef|geee c-eec|A-cec A2ag| fdfd Add2|fgaf d2gg|bgaf gfed|cdec d2d2|| fgaf d-dd2|fgaf d2fd|efge [ce][ce][c2e2]|efge [c2e2][c2e2]| fgaf d-dd2|fgaf d2g2|bgaf gfed|cdec d2d2||
REEL [122]. Canadian, Reel (cut timer). Canada, Gaspe, Quebec. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This untitled reel is from the repertoire of fiddler Erskine Morris, one of some thirty-five tunes he played on fiddle and harmonica on a 1990's home cassette recording. Morris was from Douglastown, at the eastern tip of the Gaspe Peninsula, which was a mixed anglo-francophone community. The English-speaking populace was descended largely from Irish and Scottish immigrants in the 19th century. The tunes from that community similarly reflect a cultural music mixture. This simple and 'square' single reel, however, sounds English in origin and seems to have survived the cultural melting pot (although no antecedents have yet been located).
